The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum announces its program of innovative history resources and events to commemorate Women’s History Month. These include the launch of the Discoverability ...

U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get ...

Mother Tongue Film Festival is celebrating its 10th year with 10 days of programming: four days of in-person and six days of ...

A Civil War solider used hardtack in a crafty way.

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

The Smithsonian offers fun and challenging experiences for K–12 kids interested in science, nature, technology, art , design, history, culture, or all of the above. These programs build confidence and ...

Reptile Discovery Center staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Murphy, a 26-year-old male Komodo ...

Our museums, education, and research centers work at intersections that spark imagination and encourage discovery—between art and the environment, space exploration and women’s history, cultural ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Image ...