Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 ...

From the formation of inner ear bones to the rise of hair to cover our bodies, these developments made us distinct from other ...

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

In 1833, hundreds of thousands of shooting stars inspired songs, prophecies and a crowdsourced research paper on the origins ...

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

First impressions matter. When visitors to the National Air and Space Museum enter the great expanse of the America by Air ...

Sid’s articles about Earth sciences ... Science News for Students and Engineering & Technology Magazine. Geologists have had to contend with bad luck, budget cuts and the race to the moon ...

On June 20, 1981, Theresa Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force’s first Black female pilot, Claiborne would become the first Black woman to command and ...

It's not the first time savvy entrepreneurs have marketed canned air to tourists. Similar products have been sold at vacation ...

Smithsonian magazine has a staff of editors and researchers. Articles are written on a freelance basis. When staff positions are available, they are listed at the Institution's human resources Web ...

For two decades, I have had the honor to research her life and impact in American history through Smithsonian collection ...

This moment, Rubenstein told Smithsonian magazine in 2011 ... of independent states just a few years earlier, under the Articles of Confederation, this message was significant.