Smithsonian magazine and The Marshall Project From communities torn apart to years lost forever, we document some of the far-reaching effects of the nation's historic use of incarceration ...

This rewriting of the past would come to justify the “urgent” call of European powers to bring a halt to the alleged savagery ...

We invite you to submit your own questions online in the form below. Each month, Smithsonian magazine editors select a handful of reader-submitted questions to publish in the magazine with answers ...

A paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London chronicles the age of the famous and fascinating massive reptiles ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

Pedestrians in Montreal, Grand Rapids and other locations can time-travel thanks to installations that map historical scenes directly onto the cityscapes In the late 19th century, city officials ...

Richard Covington is a Paris-based author who covers a wide range of cultural and historical subjects and has contributed to Smithsonian ... exhibition featuring the first CT scans of the boy ...

Launching from the deck of the USS Eisenhower, these women showed that being a good aviator has nothing to do with gender ...

Babies who were conceived and born during the period of rationing in the United Kingdom were less likely to develop certain ...

In collaboration with USA TODAY, “America’s Veterans: Honor, Service, and Sacrifice” is a tribute to veterans—covering ...

Communication between beings in the animal kingdom is an area that experts have yet to fully understand. Scientists have ...