Using cutting-edge digital mapping technology, scientists of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project find signs of a "long barrow," a sophisticated mass grave that reveals strange burial rituals and the arrival of a new era.
Until recently, experts thought that King Djedefre was a murderer and outcast who couldn't possibly have had the power to create the Great Sphinx. But new evidence makes him a more likely candidate.
Kevin Murphy, an iron worker who helped both recover the wreckage of the Twin Towers and construct their replacement, watches proudly as the spire is placed on One World Trade Center.
Wonder Woman's creator William Moulton Marston, was a Harvard trained psychologist and inventor; his wife is believed to be the model for the superheroine.
What do snowflake eels and the movie 'Alien' have in common? A deadly second jaw.
Mongooses and snakes are each other's deadliest opponents. When they face off, the outcome is utterly unpredictable.
At Johnson Space Center, engineers are working on a Deep Space Habitat, where astronauts will eventually live and work on Mars.
NASA's new space exploration vehicle features a pressurized cocoon, omni-drive, and a suit port that allows astronauts to easily get in and out of the rover.
With the ability to pounce 10 feet in the air, the serval is more than a formidable opponent for this guinea fowl.
For this leopard, the easy part was killing the impala. Guarding its carcass is another story.
Before Neil Armstrong could walk on the moon, astronauts Jim McDivitt, Rusty Schweickart, and David Scott had to successfully test the lunar landing module in space.
In 1992, Christopher McCandless set off to test if he could survive alone in the wilds of Alaska. It didn't go as planned.
NASA tests their powerful J-2X rocket engines; burning an Olympic-sized swimming pool worth of fuel every second, this test comes with a hefty price tag of 350,000 dollars.
Professional race car driver Mark Blundell replays his horrific 1996 crash and shows us how he survived.
Using an innovative camera he specially crafted, David Riggs captures thrilling activity in this marine mammal hot spot.
The film crew tags a number of great white sharks to study their movement patterns along Australia's coast. When one of the devices washes ashore, could a killer whale be to blame?
Baby black mambas are easy prey for mongoose, honey badgers, and predatory birds, but to small, vulnerable mammals, mambas are deadly predators.
When the remote island of Palau created the first national shark sanctuary in the world, the tourist revenue began flooding in. This is the fascinating socio-economics of sharks.
Country music star Trace Adkins stops by the Smithsonian to examine some authentic sheet music from the Civil War.
Contrary to popular belief, skilled divers can feed a large group of sharks without becoming dinner themselves. See how.
Scientists believe all mental processes can be converted into a simple binary code of ones and zeroes - using this code, researchers at USC have built microchips that restore memory in rats.
When a young leopard corners a baby monkey, he plays with his prey before finally finishing the kill.
In search of biblical relics, British aristocrat Robert Curzon traveled to a destitute Egyptian monastery in 1834. What he found would ignite widespread speculation about the Bible's authenticity.
What happens when a lone hippo ventures out into the night with a pride of lions stalking her every move?
If you're traveling on board a space shuttle, you'll have no shortage of picturesque views; as the shuttle orbits around earth, the sun rises and sets 16 times a day!
A German submarine sank to its watery grave somewhere off the coast of South America in 1943. This is the exact moment it's discovered.
Bao Bao is already practicing her walking, climbing, and she's developing a taste for bamboo at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
With lyrics inspired by conversations Debbie Harry had with her ex-boyfriend, and the musical collaboration of Nigel Harrison and Jimmy Destri, "One Way or Another" rocketed up the charts.
The National Zoo's tiger cubs, Bandar and Sukacita, spend the day playing outside, under the watchful eye of their mom, Damai.
If you think Niagara Falls is breathtaking, wait until you experience Idaho's Shoshone Falls, the "Niagara of the West."
