Oliver Otis Howard was a revered Civil War general—but his career had a dark postscript
Orai, created by two college students, uses AI to help people become more fluent, confident speakers through consistent practice and feedback.
Modern biology shows that taste receptors aren't nearly as simple as that cordoned-off model would lead you to believe
Ersatz insects are helping ecologists figure out why bugs are more likely to become meals near the equator
Examining tree rings inside the world's oldest trees reveal a seismic event that took place around 3,500 years ago
Residents lived in Old Khndzoresk up until the 1950s
Fifty years after his death, Hughes’ extraordinary lyricism resonates with power to people
A portrait photographer captured 24 staffers from the National Museum of Natural History posing with their favorite artifacts from the collections
Fears of Communism during the Cold War spurred psychological research, pop culture hits, and unethical experiments in the CIA
Human noses are especially attuned to picking up odors in bananas, urine and human blood
Armenia's folk remedies and botanical traditions are getting a new look
The Balfour Declaration changed the course of history with just one sentence
Ancient trees are disappearing from protected national forests around the world. A look inside $100 billion market for stolen wood
It's 10 weeks into the Falklands War, and two British Harriers find themselves protecting a damaged ship, the HMS Hermes
Destinations in Vienna, Paris and beyond for travelers interested in tracing the footsteps of the infamous French queen
They sound horrifying and look worse. A Smithsonian researcher is investigating the cause of these grotesque skin lesions
The tech is gone, but it’s not forgotten. Carla Hayden explains why
As DNA techniques let us see animals in finer and finer gradients, the old definition is falling apart
Harrier's unique takeoff style and agility owes a lot to its 47-foot frame and mere 15,000 pounds in weight--almost half the size of modern fighter jets
Prior to the Great War, weather forecasters had never considered using mathematical modeling
