They ingrained in me early the importance of education. That’s why, when I think about how the Smithsonian can be of value to our public, the answer is clear: education. And as our country’s ...

New archaeological finds on the islands have revealed secrets about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it changed the New World By Andrew Lawler ...

Michel Foucault, a philosopher and historian, argued that science has to be understood socially before it can be understood intellectually – for example he showed how ‘madness’ is primarily a social ...