Seventy-five years ago, a Douglas C-54D Skymaster disappeared en route from Alaska to Montana. No trace of its crew and ...

Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals but aren't found in reptiles, birds or amphibians ...

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A company called BlueGreen Water Technologies aims to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while also fighting algae’s toxic effects on people and the environment ...

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

Made by a printer in New Hampshire, this 1776 broadside edition was created to disseminate America's founding document to the ...

I wasn’t necessarily looking to purchase a place listed on the National Register for Historic Places,” says Knight, “but when ...

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

Ari Daniel, the host of Smithsonian magazine's "There's More to That" podcast, is an independent science journalist who has reported across six continents and contributes regularly to National Public ...

Though sales of Frisbees remained steady, it wasn’t until Wham-O hired toy inventor Ed Headrick in 1964 as head of research ...

The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations at Pompeii in the 19th century. Now, researchers are conducting a long, ...

The upland moa was likely drawn to the fungi because of their resemblance to berries, scientists say, allowing the creature ...