A priceless gemstone travelling across the country in an ordinary-looking parcel might sound like the plot…
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In 2013, Oprah Winfrey gave $12 million to a Smithsonian museum; 13 years later, its 350-seat theatre bearing her name continues hosting public conversations about Black history and culture
A $12 million donation from Oprah Winfrey to the Smithsonian Institution continues to support public discussions…
From tens of millions to just 1,000: 140 years after America’s national mammal vanished in the 1880s, indigenous tribes and conservationists are helping bring it back to the prairie
For America, bison have always been more than just an ordinary animal. The largest land mammal…
Grain-sized fossils have solved a 113-million-year-old mystery, linking volcanic carbon dioxide to one of the ocean’s largest plankton extinctions
Tiny fossils have helped scientists crack a Cretaceous cold case. Using chemical signals preserved in microscopic…