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On the 88th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, Purdue University announced a joint expedition to locate the ...

The massive tax and immigration bill moving through Congress would transfer the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian ...

President Donald Trump’s bill will allocate $85 million to transport the Discovery space shuttle from the Smithsonian’s Air ...

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A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with ...

The Smithsonian Institution is a museum, education and research complex of 21 museums and the National Zoological Park, as well as research facilities. Admission to all Smithsonian museums in ...

Alabama beekeepers recently trapped a swarm of killer bees, prompting state officials to respond in hopes of controlling the notoriously aggressive insects.