Sonja Anderson is a writer and reporter based in Chicago. A few days before “Still Life With Guitar” was supposed to go on display in Granada, staffers discovered the piece had vanished from a group ...

Tracy Scott Forson is a senior editor at Smithsonian magazine. Join these caravanners on a scenic journey across the desert from snapshots taken by entrants to the Smithsonian magazine photo contest ...

The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...

Photographer Prin Rodriguez is a co-founder of the Pariacaca Collective, which celebrates Peru’s cultural heritage.

Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high ...

Today, in the New England Journal of Medicin e, researchers announced that they restored some vision to elderly patients with ...

While surfing at Steamer Lane, a popular surf spot, 21-year-old Isabella Orduna felt a “nip” on her foot. She rolled into the ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

In a matter of minutes, thieves climbed a ladder and smashed display cases before fleeing the scene with eight valuable ...

Tristan Gooley is the New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read a Tree, How to Read Water, How to Read Nature, The ...

Commissioned by the Russian emperor Nicholas II, the diamond-covered Winter Egg is expected to fetch $27 million when it goes ...

In the two centuries since the Gothic novel's publication, the English writer's tale of a science experiment gone wrong has ...