Through revolution and war, Touro Synagogue, which opened in Newport, Rhode Island, on this day in 1763, has long been a ...

A "corrupt bargain" that delivered John Quincy Adams the presidency ended the Era of Good Feelings and prompted a new period ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...

Geoscientists in Australia suggest a strong tornado swept across the Nullarbor Plain in November 2022 and made the ...

Creative circuitry and rolling robots make up this year’s top toys for teaching kids to love science, technology, engineering ...

Three years before World War II, on this day in 1936, an inferno marked the symbolic end of the global hegemony of the ...

Through Indigenous weaving workshops and environmental science projects, the Smithsonian engages in co-learning projects to ...

The museum has been staging exhibitions featuring employee art since 1935. This year's show is only the second in history ...

By Cushman’s account, however, Chépart was “the last to receive his just reward.” Though he fled to his garden, “he was found ...

Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats descend on Kasanka National Park for a few months, and scientists are working ...

The term's popularity skyrocketed after content creator Jools Lebron used it in a now-viral TikTok video, in which she ...

Held on this day in 1895, the 54-mile round trip took more than ten hours and involved accidents with streetcars, horses and ...