Slow down and see the world on these six lodge-to-lodge hikes.

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A new analysis suggests that the piece was created by several artists working in the Italian Renaissance painter's studio—and ...

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, tiny molecules that play a crucial role in how cells develop, paving the ...

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On the island of Laeso in Denmark, one man is reviving the lost art of eelgrass thatching and, in doing so, bringing ...

Researchers still don't know what the open-mouth facial expression means or whether it's akin to smiling in humans—but ...

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As the dams begin to come down, the National Park Service looks back at the region’s history and prepares for the welcome ...

The Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX, the company founded by Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award winner Elon Musk, takes off from ...

SNAP, by Cleveland-based company Surgical Theater, gives surgeons a three-dimensional view of their patients. (Credit: ...

In the wild, titanoboa probably ate large crocodiles, fish and other snakes—but if there were a titanoboa at the National Zoo ...