High-Tech Human Genome Exhibit Coming To D.C.
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pl...
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pl...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.16.2012
WASHINGTON — Betty White is headed to Washington to see the wildlife – not the donkeys and elephants on Capitol Hill, but the animals in t...
The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 05.08.2012
WASHINGTON -- The Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian's National Zoo marked its 75th birthday on Tuesday. Home to a variety of rodents, insectivo...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.03.2012
WASHINGTON — An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinos...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.04.2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution is preparing an exhibit featuring Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs' more than 300 technology patents o...
James M. Gentile | Posted 04.30.2012
As our nation's leadership in scientific and technological innovation is challenged as never before, federal funding of basic scientific research remains essential, but that research should be potentially transformational.
Posted 04.20.2012
WASHINGTON -- Two NASA space shuttles, Discovery and Enterprise, crossed paths in a historic exchange at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum...
Posted 04.17.2012
By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 04/17/2012 05:49 PM EDT on SPACE.com CHANTILLY, Va. — Cries of "I see it!" rang out through the crowd a...
AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.17.2012
WASHINGTON -- The space shuttle Discovery soared over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol in a high-flying salute to the nation's...
Posted 04.17.2012
By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 04/17/2012 07:11 AM EDT on SPACE.com WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the worl...
Posted 04.16.2012
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, be sure to look up for a rare and wonderful air show. The Space Shuttle Discovery is expected to fly over landmarks in th...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.12.2012
WASHINGTON — Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American histo...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.11.2012
WASHINGTON -- Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American history th...
Posted 04.09.2012
By: Mike Wall Published: 04/03/2012 11:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com A retired NASA space shuttle and an early prototype for the winged spacecraft will...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.04.2012
WASHINGTON — IMAX Corp. is donating its first cameras used to film aboard the space shuttle to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum i...
AP | Posted 03.30.2012
WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening two new exhibits that retrace the history of the Civil War, including a display o...
Posted 03.28.2012
WASHINGTON -- Although there were some initial fears that a cold front pushing through town Wednesday afternoon would made outdoor events wet and mise...
Posted 03.28.2012
WASHINGTON -- The world's biggest snake is coming to the nation's capital. A model of it, anyway. The scientifically accurate, realistic model of t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 03.27.2012
When the Area 51 exhibit officially opens today at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, visitors will see something that may startle them:...
Posted 03.23.2012
WASHINGTON -- Multimedia artist Doug Aitken's "SONG 1" was officially inaugurated on Thursday night literally wrapping the Hirshhorn Museum in moving ...
Posted 03.22.2012
WASHINGTON -- Multimedia artist Doug Aitken's "SONG 1" will literally wrap the Hirshhorn Museum in moving images beginning Thursday night. The art...
The Huffington Post | Megan Arellano | Posted 03.16.2012
WASHINGTON -- "It's not only one of the most expressive art forms we have," said Chris Melissinos, curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's ne...
Michael Gallagher | Posted 05.15.2012
Video games have embedded themselves into our culture. And the future of the industry depends on the innovators who are drawn to it.
AP | Posted 05.07.2012
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will soon exhibit some of the world's best nature photography on the National ...
AP | Posted 02.29.2012
WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian Institution plans a four-day festival with NASA to welcome space shuttle Discovery into its collection in April. The Na...
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.21.2012