From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

Smithsonian's educational travel program was one of the first of its kind when it debuted nationally in 1970, and it quickly ...

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"The Dream (The Bed)," a self-portrait created in 1940, sold for $54.7 million. The previous record holder, Georgia ...

Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons ...

A train wreck that caused the death of more than a dozen commuters near the turn of the 20th century was the impetus behind a ...

The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

Titled "St. Francis of Assisi," the 1747 standing portrait of the church's namesake was stolen in 2001, along with several ...

Two new studies suggest that the semi-aquatic rodents provide food and habitat for bats and pollinator insects within their ...

Payne liked the creative challenge of finding beauty and order in places that were traditionally unphotogenic or cluttered, ...

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