A compass used by Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the American West is owned by the Smithsonian and is part of NPR's 250th anniversary series, America In Pursuit.

For observers on Earth, the sun appears as a bright, familiar disk—but what we see is only half the story. Like the moon, one ...

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Nonprofits that use AI for more than routine tasks are seeing the payoff. Five leaders explain how to get started.

Meta used 50+ AI agents to read 4,100+ files and convert undocumented pipeline tribal knowledge into compact, reusable context maps.

Magnetic rocks with iron oxide concentrations act as natural chroniclers of Earth's past continental movements. Using small ...

This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

Google is rolling out new features to make it easier for users to contribute local knowledge to Maps, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, Gemini can now create captions when users are ...

Researchers have developed a cutting-edge technique that uses RNA “barcodes” to map how neurons connect, capturing thousands of links with single-synapse precision. The method transforms brain mapping ...

Compass Rose Theater, a nonprofit professional teaching theater company based in Annapolis, is preparing to celebrate its 15th anniversary with a cabaret show featuring songs from its history. The ...

is executive editor who has obsessed over headlines and internet speeds since 2011. He previously worked as an advocate for the National Park System. Here’s a question almost nobody is asking: how do ...