See “In Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness” before it closes at the end of the year, catch a John Sayles film talk, or a ...

Very few night skies seen from the south of France during the summer of 1889 would match the scene on van Gogh's canvas. A ...

The standard model of particle physics works really well, but it can't explain why the universe exists. Something is missing, ...

Completed in 1958, the domed building is located on the campus of Florida Southern College, home to 13 Wright-designed ...

Deborah Cook, costumer designer at stop-motion animation studio Laika, discusses creating tiny costumes for puppets in a ...

Sophie Shorland has a PhD in early modern English literature and is a former research fellow at the University of Warwick. She was a semi-finalist in the BBC's New Generation Thinkers competition, and ...

The images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest archives will have you packing your bags for the mountains of the ...

Fewer than 20 coins minted under Norwegian King Olaf II Haraldsson have ever been found. "We can almost imagine Olaf himself ...

A new book details the Russian ruler's failed courtship of the Tudor queen, who famously remained unmarried during her nearly ...

A new study claims that the pages of the Voynich Manuscript, thought to be written by several different scribes in ...

Outside experts warn that more research is needed before "circadian depression" can be classified as a subtype ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art presents collection pieces that are designed to do work for artists and ...