Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

From indestructible tardigrades to body-merging comb jellies, animals can teach humans so much about medicine, robotics, ...

Time balls date back to the early 19th century, when they signaled the time to passing sailors. Now they’re part of the pomp ...

This year, the Institution collected everything from the stunning shell of an extinct cephalopod to a Blue Origin rocket ...

A new exhibition at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville will bring the food world of the late 19th century to its gallery walls ...

In memory of former President James Earl Carter Jr., the National Portrait Gallery has added a drape to his portrait in the ...

But the rate that we gather sensory data is 100 million times faster than our thought processes, making our brains champions at filtering information from our chaotic surroundings ...

Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most notable findings ...