A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

One of the smallest owls in North America, the northern saw-whet lives among us and is rarely seen—but one volunteer science project aims to find them and uncover their secrets year after year ...

Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 Eli Wizevich A new book by historian William E. Leuchtenburg examines how the first ...

The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre ...

As the American population ages, a new study finds the average lifetime risk of dementia for adults over 55 is around 42 ...

An archive of scores by composer Arnold Schoenberg and the collections of countless contemporary artists have been lost in ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo's two giant pandas look quite similar to the untrained eye. Animal keeper Mariel Lally offers ...

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...

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Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

Researchers tracking female bats in central Europe found they migrated much farther in a single night than previously thought ...