Rhubarb is quite rich in vitamin K, Wegman notes, which plays an important role in proper blood clotting. Vitamin K also promotes the "formation and strengthening of bones ," she says, and "helps ...

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The Smithsonian issued a statement Monday saying that it controls its personnel decisions after President Donald Trump announced in May that he was ousting National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet ...

Although many of us might choose to avoid them because of their sting, nettles have many uses and are a prominent part of history. As far back as the ... Many of these nutrients can act as natural ...

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and the Natural World,” the curators at the National Gallery of Art team up with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to create a dazzling exhibition of 16th and 17th century prints, ...

On Saturday, June 28, the museum is hosting its second annual Dinosaur Day with special interactive activities led by our education team and in-person fossil identifications by our paleontologists ...

In computer and video games, you very often take on the role of an overpowering being: Max Payne flies through the air in slow motion, B.J. Blazkowicz single-handedly wins the Second World War ...

Melissa Betters is a Peter Buck postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Her research focuses on the discovery, evolution and biogeography of deep-sea gastropod ...

National Museum of Natural History Snails are among the most evolutionarily successful animals on the planet. Truly embodying the phrase “slow and steady wins the race,” snails have existed ...