How Helicopters Helped Make Woodstock Happen
The legendary music festival was propelled by up to 22 helicopters, which airdropped food and flowers, transported performers, and irritated festival-goers
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Visit the World’s Only Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum
The Milwaukee attraction showcases the oldest and rarest of all the bobbleheads—and thousands more
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A New Species of Leech Is Discovered Near Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian researcher describes a previously unknown species of olive-green bloodsucker that has three jaws with up to 59 teeth
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14 Fun Facts About Roller Coasters
For starters, one of the oldest coasters in America carried coal before it carried passengers
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From Nazi Prisons to Cat Sanctuaries, Explore the Many Lives of These Russian Palaces
Follow the footsteps of doomed royals and revolutionaries through these architectural marvels
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In 1870, Henrietta Wood Sued for Reparations—and Won
The $2,500 verdict, the largest ever of its kind, offers evidence of the generational impact such awards can have
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The New Treasures of Pompeii
From gorgeous artworks to grimacing corpses, archaeologists are still uncovering the truth about life—and death—in the doomed city
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Dragonfly Spacecraft to Scour the Sands of Titan for the Chemistry of Life
The NASA rotorcraft, resembling a large quadcopter drone, will fly through the orange clouds of the ocean moon in the outer solar system
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Saturn Could Lose Its Rings in Less Than 100 Million Years
Recent discoveries suggest that the planet's distinctive feature may be gone in the cosmic blink of an eye
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How the Turtle Got Its Shell, With Apologies to Aesop
Smithsonian paleontologist Hans Sues unpacks the complicated evolution of how this creature grew a home upon its back
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John Steinbeck's Epic Ocean Voyage Rewrote the Rules of Ecology
A legendary writer, a quirky biologist and their jolly adventure in the Sea of Cortez
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Why Americans Love Their Apple Pie
How did a humble dessert become a recipe for democracy?
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Who Says Horses and Cows Can't Be Artists?
The sculptures on display at the Great Salt Lick Contest in Oregon are the work of cattle, horses, sheep and deer
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You Can Thank Chemist Stephanie Kwolek for Bulletproof Vests and Yoga Pants
The long-serving researcher at DuPont invented kevlar and contributed to spandex
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Inside a Brain Bank, Where Humans' Most Precious Organ Is Dissected and Studied
Unlike organ transplants, brains are used primarily to support research of some of the most widespread and debilitating diseases in the world
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When an Influx of French-Canadian Immigrants Struck Fear Into Americans
In the late 19th century, they came to work in New England cotton mills, but the New York Times, among others, saw something more sinister
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Do Goats Really Love to Jump and More Questions From Our Readers
You've got questions, we've got experts
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Dramatic New Photographs Recreate Scenes of Artists at Work
Adrian Broom's series brings vitality to how we think about the likes of Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner or Mark Twain
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A Chunk of Trinitite Reminds Us of the Sheer, Devastating Power of the Atomic Bomb
Within the Smithsonian's collections exists a telltale trace of the weapon that would change the world forever
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A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home
At long last, the remains of Mungo Man are at rest after an agonizing clash between modern science and an ancient spirituality
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Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Shattered Gender and Race Expectations in 19th-Century America
As the orphaned child of a black father and a Native-American mother, Lewis rewrote the 19th-century definition of sculptor
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