Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

Hummingbird Central collects sightings to show where the little birds have migrated to most recently. See the map, and learn ...

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If I had to choose the most sensible plan for settling the American West that was foolishly discarded by politicians with the power to make it so, I’d go with John Wesley Powell’s scheme to arrange ...

Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

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A jury has concluded that the New York Times did not libel former Alaska governor Sarah Palin with an error in a 2017 ...

US Vice President JD Vance has called for enhanced engagement with India and said that the South Asian country should buy ...

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