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When the new Cotoni-Coast Dairies national monument opened to the public on August 16, the 5,800-acre property officially ...

During the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, sidewalk astronomers brought a sense of hope into Washington, D.C.

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The toolmakers or their ancestors might have arrived on Sulawesi by clinging to vegetation during a storm, but their identities remain a mystery ...

The San Antonio Public Library received the book in the mail along with a letter: "I hope there is no late fee for it because Grandma won't be able to pay for it anymore" ...

VISITING What to know: The museum is open seven days a week, except Dec. 25, between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, and passes are not required. For more information, go to ...

The Golden Age of Aviation of the 1920s and ’30s was characterized by the ascendancy of female pilots — though they had to ...

Researchers are studying pollen grains for applications across medicine and engineering. Martin Siepmann/. At first glance, ...

Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an embryo—the developmental stage before a fetus—to implant in the ...

Researchers have digitized all four volumes, which are now available online. The autobiographies offer a compelling window ...

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and ...