To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967 ...

This writer traced her roots back to a small Calabrian village and found 100 living relatives. A new Italian initiative makes ...

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A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II ...

However, dinosaurs were only established as a group in the 1840s and no one was yet thinking about dinosaur eggs. As this ...

Staffers at the Dorchester County Historical Society in Maryland were baffled by the unusual machine, so they asked the ...

As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...

What is included in the Smithsonian magazine digital edition? The Smithsonian magazine digital edition includes all the editorial content and photos from the current print issue of Smithsonian ...

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American Traditional or Old School tattoos are powerful expressions of identity and heritage. Their timeless designs are ...

Sara Georgini is series editor for The Papers of John Adams, part of the Adams Papers editorial project at the Massachusetts Historical Society. She is the author of Household Gods: The Religious ...

Ted Scheinman is a senior editor for Smithsonian magazine. He is the author of Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan. Using DNA analysis and historic records, his work allows ...