Article presents a theory regarding the role of the appendix in the human body.

Read about the designation of new national monuments.

Read about efforts by scientists to develop new habitats for salmon and steelhead species of fish in the Pacific Northwest.

Article answers the question, why do we sneeze?

A historical home acquired by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture has quite a story to tell.

A drought has caused tremendous wildfires ripping through Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Find out the damage and how the U.S. Forest Services are fighting the threatening blazes.

One of the many first orders of business for President Trump was to be presented with new ownership of the official POTUS accounts for Twitter and Facebook among other sites. This is the first time social media was a part of the transfer...

Article reports on the influence teenage girls have had on language over the centuries.

On December 8, 2016, John Glenn passed away. Glenn was a famous American astronaut.

There are many animals at risk around the world. Scientists have determined that the giraffe population is shrinking.

One of the ships the United States has stationed in Antarctica is heading to warmer waters for intense cleaning.

People are often fascinated by spiders creating their webs if they can catch a glimpse with the right lighting. Then there are the times people might get tangled in a web unintentionally. What do spiders do with those webs? Are they...

"The Freedom Song" among others celebrate as the nation remembers the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month. This song rang out in the famous Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.

Air pollution in China is no laughing matter. This is a problem that has plagued the nation's big cities for years. Instead of the smog getting any better, students have recently had days off because of it.

Most of us have read at least one Newbery, Caldecott or Printz Award recipients either in school or for leisure. The newest additions to the prestigious lists have been named for 2017.

A piece of history was discovered in the Pacific waters in August, 2016. Check it out!

There are many books, movies, and television shows speculating what it would be like if aliens actually came to Earth and humans interacted with them. Let's consider some possible scenarios.

As election day approaches quickly, understand why the United States elections are always held on Tuesdays.

A brief article about the call from the sitting President Obama to the President-Elect, Trump. Know the few phone calls that were exchanged when it was clear who the winner of Election 2016 would be.

Climate change is impacting the population of reindeer as well as their physical size according to recent studies.

"Hidden Figures" was a blockbuster movie and book about African-American women working for NASA beginning after WWII. These women not only made great strides for the space program but also advanced the civil rights movement. Learn more...

How do you make tomatoes taste even better? Read about a scientist whose goal is to make tomatoes taste as sweet as candy by using natural breeding techniques.

Does the nation need a National Women's History Museum? Advocates argue that the nation needs to better document, collect and celebrate evidence of the achievements and history of women. After all, nearly 51 percent of the American...

Marshmallow Fluff. Yummmm! This yummy, gooey concoction turned 100 in 2017. Follow the history of Fluff in this article.