A new book argues that controlling cancer is within reach if scientists are able to anticipate the evolution of resistance to traditional treatments
What lies inside the icy cavern seems more and more like a captive, rare animal, an Earth form that might soon be lost
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Why not use quarantine as an opportunity to have your homeschoolers master woodworking or engine repair?
The Metuchen Farmers Market, like many others, has moved to online orders and drive-thru pickups during the coronavirus pandemic
The institution took decades to come to grips with the trauma of the killing of four students 50 years ago
Marine biologist Cristina Mittermeier discovered that visual storytelling, rather than data sets, allowed her to be a better advocate for the ocean
“Care Package” showcases Asian American and Pacific Islander artists, writers and scholars as sources of solace during the Covid-19 pandemic
As Babe Ruth was emerging as baseball's great slugger in 1918, he fell sick with the flu
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a surge in nationwide shipments of specialities from legendary restaurants
A new title from Smithsonian Books highlights the diversity of Earth's 10 to 100 million insect species
Spencer's ideas laid the groundwork for social Darwinism, but scholars say there was much more to the Victorian Age thinker than that
Making Tierra Mía, says the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center, proved transformative in giving voice to the people
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Smithsonian's "David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins" with some of the biggest discoveries in human evolution
The outbreak was far deadlier than COVID-19, but the empire survived
The bird, decimated by poachers and smugglers, is making a big comeback in the Central American rainforest
Sheltering in place doesn’t mean you can’t study up for your next European adventure
The famous impact 66 million years ago kicked up soot into the atmosphere that played an even bigger role in blocking sunlight than experts had realized
Schools are shuttered, but kids can dance with New York's Ballet Hispánico and listen to a story from a certain former First Lady
Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit features CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir
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