Located in Ostia Antica, the mikvah dates to the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Researchers say it's the earliest ...

Using current technological and scientific advances, we are able to observe a snapshot of a plant group that is rapidly ...

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...

The Maryland Department of Transportation launched an interactive virtual museum, showcasing finds from where Ben Ross lived ...

The band has now secured a world record for playing more than 340 concerts on instruments made from produce. After each ...

To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art ...

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...

Around since the seventh century B.C.E., libraries continue to pop up in countries, states, counties, cities and small ...

After fifty years in culture work, Proschan has gifted his research as a folklorist and anthropologist to the Ralph Rinzler ...

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ship's wheelsman, was the only survivor ...

Ameya Okamoto, Santana Walker, and Celeste Hampton—part of the Smithsonian's Nail Art Project. Photos courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution When Indigenous entrepreneur and aesthetic innovator ...