Studded with molten clumps of minerals (chondrules) distributed like currants in a fruitcake, the Allende meteorite, as it came to be known, contains the oldest material in the Smithsonian ...

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Modern mineral collecting has its roots in the 16th century. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), a German scientist and father of mineralogy and mineral collecting, published “De Re Metallica,” a ...

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Of all the spectacular museums in DC, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is my kids’ favorite! It is the one museum we must visit every time we go to DC even though it doesn’t have a ...

The fossilized remains of the "seagull-sized" pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. The post ...

WASHINGTON—The Smithsonian is conducting a thorough review of all of its content in its 21 museums and zoo to eliminate political influence and bias, a move that could have far-reaching ...

We went behind the scenes to see how the museum is digitizing its entire collection and building a DNA library to help solve real-world problems.

Lithium and other critical minerals are in often-overlooked water sources like geothermal brines and oilfield produced water.

This London Museum Lets You ‘Order’ Objects From Its Vast Collections—and Maybe Even Touch Them At the new V&A East Storehouse, visitors can get up close and personal with 250,000 historic ...

The City of Light features some of the best museums in the world, but some of the most intriguing collections may be ones you ...

The executive chairman of Salt Lake City-based US Critical Minerals told a House committee on Tuesday the company is poised ...