Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie ...

Cellphones put the power of the world at our fingertips and it's all made possible by rocks formed millions of years ago, deep underground.

In the air, on land and in the sea, the Smithsonian is building new tools for resilient ecosystems—innovative approaches and technologies that will provide knowledge and open up avenues to understand ...

Explore a selection of dinosaur fossils and related artifacts in the National Museum of Natural History's collections. Learn the story of O.C. Marsh and how his unquenchable thirst for fossils ...

This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance July 12, 2024 – April 20, 2025 Portrait Gallery ...

Calling all Boys & Girls Clubs of America! The Smithsonian Institution, Amazon Prime, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA), and the National Football League (NFL) have partnered together to donate ...

Scientists used small solar tags to identify where long-billed curlews migrate, revealing hidden populations of North America’s largest shorebird. Andy Boyce, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

Mark your calendars for the education conference of the summer! The 2025 Smithsonian National Education Summit takes place July 15th–17th, 2025 — offered both virtually for a global audience and ...

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Tracking units on the shell of a wood turtle. The tracking information these GPS units collect is used to understand how wood turtles move throughout the year. Image credit: Smithsonian's Movement of ...

American art pottery, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, emphasized aesthetic beauty and unique glazes over mass production. Using traditional materials, it was known for a color palette of ...

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