The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release ...

The solitary fish named Mambo stopped eating and seemed to be missing its human visitors—so aquarists attached photos of ...

Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...

In places like Colorado and Minnesota, international teams of talented snow artists are creating larger-than-life ...

Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ...

After discovering the ancient artwork in a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, the man surrendered it to the police. Authorities are analyzing the statue and investigating why it was abandoned ...

Beginning this Friday, January 24, giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are officially on view to the public at the Smithsonian’s ...

After spending centuries on a British aristocrat's estate in North Yorkshire, the marble masterpiece will be unveiled in ...

Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only we can — through rich reporting sparked by our ...

Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...