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- When George Washington Decided It Was Time to Leave Office, He Inadvertently Set a Lasting Precedent
- During the Revolution, American Women Fought for Freedom, Spied on the British, Cared for the Sick and Fell in Love. A New Exhibition Reveals Their Rich Wartime Stories
- Born in 1810, Margaret Fuller Was Labeled a Child Prodigy. She Later Used Her Intellect to Ask Important Questions About Women's Role in America
- The American Revolution’s Overlooked Influence? Physics. How 'Common Sense' Spelled Out Astronomical Expectations for a New Nation
- Smithsonian Magazine Presents: America at 250—The Revolutionary Spark
- One Weather Forecast Changed the Course of WWII. Here's the Real Story Behind 'Pressure,' a Drama About the Meteorologist Who Convinced the Allies to Delay D-Day
- Soviet Cosmonauts Trained at Star City as They Raced to Beat America to the Moon. Now, a New TV Series Imagines What Happened Behind the Base's Walls
- This Jewish Community in the Caribbean Smuggled Gunpowder to the Patriots During the Revolution. A British Admiral Condemned the Island as a 'Nest of Vipers'
- The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Killed Four Young Black Girls. But They Weren't the Only Victims of Racial Violence in the City That Day
- Born and Raised in Philadelphia, This Loyalist Fled to England During the American Revolution. In His Absence, the Patriots Declared Him a Traitor and Seized His Property
- History Remembers Mary Boleyn as the Scandalous 'Other Boleyn Girl.' New Research Debunks the Myths Surrounding the Tudor Mistress
- Divers Discover the Shipwreck of a World War I-Era Coast Guard Cutter, Which Vanished With 131 Sailors on Board in 1918
- Everyone Remembers Paul Revere's Midnight Ride. But His Forgotten Race to Secure a Trove of Documents Reveals How Government Records Helped Win the War
- A Collection of Maps Owned by England's First Queen Spent Centuries Overlooked in a Family Library. Now, the Rare Volume Is on Sale for $1.6 Million
- Because of a Mathematician From Rural Virginia Work on Global Positioning, You Have No Excuse for Getting Lost
- This Playful Interactive Reveals the Medical Advances That Have Made Life Better … and Sometimes Longer
- In the Early Days of Machine Learning, Massive Computers Said George Harrison Was a Woman. A.I. Has Come a Long Way
- When the Fear of Polio Gripped the World, Jonas Salk’s Determination Led to a Liberating Medical Breakthrough
- The Gin and Tonic Is a Cocktail With a Storied History. Don't Overlook Scotland's Connection to the Classic
- How a Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Could Reset the Immune Systems of Patients With Autoimmune Diseases
- How 'Seabird Sue' Blends Art and Science to Attract Birds Back to Lost Habitat
- This High Schooler Developed an A.I. Tool to Diagnose Autism and ADHD Using the Retina
- This Stockholm Neighborhood Was Built on Ambitious Sustainability Goals. When It Came Up Short, It Doubled Down and Became a Blueprint for Others
- How the Classic American Game of Twister Went From Risqué to Record-Breaking
- Could Underwater Autonomous Robots Save Coral Reefs?
- These Young Innovators Have Created a 'Fitbit' to Predict Epileptic Seizures
- 'Fresh Eyes on Ice' Teaches Kids to Collect Vital Ice Data in Remote Alaskan Communities
- Sea Stars Can Lose an Arm and Soldier On. What If Robots Could Do the Same?
- This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water