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180 years ago today, the Smithsonian Institution was first chartered, and named after the British scientist, James Smithson, who bequeathed $500,000 to create a great museum in Washington, DC—even though he had never visited the United States. With the aim of advancing science and mankind’s knowledg...

Forensics revealed that the "realistic" looking body was in fact not human.

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 10 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD APOD: 2026 August 10 – Three Galaxy Pairs Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief expl...

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There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.

Lambert and Young/Getty Shingles (herpes zoster) is often thought of as an older person’s disease. But in the past two decades, we’ve seen a rise in reported cases of this viral disease – which causes a painful, blistering rash and nerve pain – among younger adults aged 25–49. To what extent this r...

Hot weather and ageing infrastructure have led to the rationing, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.