When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 ...

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Dr. Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador at Large and founder the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, has served as the institution's Under Secretary and as ...

now a part of the Smithsonian collections, illuminate the little-known role these artists played in chronicling 19th-century life The innovations of a forgotten genius who laid the groundwork for ...

Mohi Kumar is a science writer, editor and essayist based in Houston, Texas, and also a freelance editor for Smithsonian.com. As you celebrate the mathematical holiday, here's a history of notable ...

This moment, Rubenstein told Smithsonian magazine in 2011, “is crucial for creating the in-and-out system of government that we have. … In that time and era, politicians would gain power ...

Joseph Stromberg was previously a digital reporter for Smithsonian. In 1796, the first president voluntarily left office, cementing the significance of a lofty ideal for his young country A Danish ...

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Acting Associate Director for Museum Research and Scholarship, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Zitkala-Ša, “Red Bird,” Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: an activist, author ...

After he was forced off the German stage in 1934 by antisemitic hecklers, Leo Reuss found a daring way to hide in plain sight Leo Reuss rehearses with celebrated stage actress Christl Mardayn in ...

See photographs of the beautiful natural wonders from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Text by Tracy Scott Forson Few things add beauty to a landscape ...

With no conclusive laboratory results, researchers are turning to other methods to find the elusive substance Dan Falk Science Correspondent Analysis of the Bullet Cluster, which was formed after ...