Smithsonian

A conversation with Michelle Joan Wilkinson about the exhibit she curated for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.

• By Brentin Mock

A new study shows how early monitoring and response efforts could prevent costly impacts.

• By Bob Berwyn

Scholars have long suspected that Jamestown settlers resorted to cannibalism in the early-17th century, but they haven't had physical proof until now. What made the colonists desperate enough to consume a 14-year-old girl?

• By Deborah Zabarenko