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The Smithsonian’s collections speak to the resolve and ingenuity of America’s service members A chess set used during the ...
Individual athletes ran an average of 4,000 miles over a year to help define the human body's limit for energy expenditure ...
The skies above us are filled with legions of migrating birds, bats, bugs and microbes. And yet we know little about their ...
Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor ...
The British adventurer has crossed the Atlantic solo in a plane and a boat. Now he reads tree leaves, puddles and moss to get ...
Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought ...
Art Meets Science. The ‘Super Bowl of Wildlife Art’ Is All About Ducks, and It Has Protected America’s Wetlands for 90 Years. Introduced in 1934, the federal duck stamp cont ...
He single-handedly held off 250 German troops and six tanks, saving an entire company. And that was just the start of what he ...
The 40 shortlisted photographs pair talented nature photography with humorous captures that often rely on clicking the ...
A new retrospective at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia examines the career of the 20th-century French painter, who ...