The legend of the cowboy—celebrated in literature and film—has become central to the history of the American West. This ...

While scientists once thought Greenland's ice streams flowed slowly and uniformly, new research reveals a quake-driven "stick ...

Traditional Maltese bread, known as Ħobż tal-Malti, is a sourdough loaf that can trace its roots back to Roman times. Its ...

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, spent his life engaged in a power struggle that pitted cousins and siblings against ...

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 ...

A century and a half later, the sinking of the S.S. Pacific remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the region’s history Joel Sams View of the S.S. Pacific anchored near Fort Tongass ...

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

Even before it has a home on the Mall, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum is sharing stories of overlooked ...

At the National Museum of African Art, a Washington, D.C. artist’s work illuminates a gallery room and honors 54 people who ...

Cultures throughout history have put lead to use for wacky and often deeply poisonous purposes ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...