Officials have announced a number of discoveries during excavations around the valley temple of the powerful Egyptian queen, ...

Johnson was sworn in by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah T. Hughes on Air Force One, just hours after President John F.

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A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

Urban planners from Mexico City to Toulouse are adopting the high-flying mode of transit. Will it catch on elsewhere?

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

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After its owner submitted the piece to an online appraisal service, auction house specialists realized it had been ...

Built by Firefly Aerospace and Ispace, the pair of spacecraft will land separately in the moon's northern latitudes, conduct ...

Native to Indonesian New Guinea, the crustacean comes in two color forms and is a popular pet choice in Europe, Japan, the ...

AMY PASTAN is a Washington, DC-based author, editor, and photo researcher. A former staff editor at the Smithsonian Institution, she currently writes and produces books for both adults and children.

This year, the Institution’s museums are bringing to the public everything from the flair of state fairs to the artwork of ...