A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

The National Museum of American History (NMAH) welcomes millions of visitors from around the world every year. Its collection ...

The National Museum of American History (NMAH) welcomes millions of visitors from around the world every year. Its collection ...

The National Geographic Society’s important work has been hidden in the shadow of its parent company. Now, it’s banking on a major ad campaign to raise its profile.

Piece by piece, experts carefully transported the Phoenician vessel to dry land, where it will be studied and preserved Sarah Kuta Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining ...

Meet Fona herzogae: the tiny dinosaur that burrowed its way into paleontological history—who rewrote just about everything we know about survival in the age of giants.

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The footage you see here is a mashup of the best of the best great white shark clips from Carlos Gauna. 2024 was an active ...

Maybe they've kept their accounts going on some platforms ... to promote understanding about the Earth and its natural ...

The digital jukebox enjoyed a two-decade reign as the dominant program for storing audio files Sonja Anderson Daniel Bachman is on a mission to evoke Virginia’s past through strange medleys of ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner This year, the Institution collected ...

Fake trees have been around for longer than you might think—but how do they compare to real trees when it comes to sustainability and your health? In some countries, artificial Christmas trees ...