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Researchers find that about 5 percent of birds studied have a mismatch between genetic and physical sex—including one male ...

The khipu knot-tying system was thought to have only been used by elites, but one artifact suggests commoners, too, knew how ...

Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats ...

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In partnership with the British Museum, 900 Norman artifacts will be displayed across the reimagined space’s five floors ...

Many of today's internet users remember browsing the web for the first time via AOL dial-up. But as subscribers dwindle, the ...

The Great Wall of China may be one of the country’s most iconic landmarks and tourist attractions, but there’s much more to ...

Newly restored after more than 100 years in storage, the hat was donated to Bolton’s first museum, the Chadwick Museum, by ...

The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like ...

This past June, researchers congregated at the Smithsonian Marine Station to catalogue the vast diversity of tiny animals ...

Found on the southern coast of Australia, the species could fill gaps in scientists' understanding of baleen whale evolution ...