This school year, the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology launches a series to explore strategies for using digital ...

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New research suggests the Band of Holes functioned as a barter marketplace before becoming an accounting system for the Inca ...

Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird ...

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The frozen remains of a juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka preserved details about the animal’s last moments alive ...

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

Crews lowered 22 concrete cars to the ocean floor to create "Concrete Coral," an installation by artist Leandro Erlich. The ...

There was a time when shoppers could buy only as much as they could carry. And as ubiquitous as shopping carts are today, it ...

Antonio Salviati opened his glass factory in 1859 to help restore a local landmark to its former glory. A vase at the Cooper ...

During Operation Desert Storm, Rodriguez prepares for takeoff in the cockpit of an F-15C, serial number 85‑0114, which is now ...