Directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard explain the highly collaborative process by which Disney's animated blockbuster came together.

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From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

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A year after the Eaton and Palisades fires, the natural areas, such as canyons and parks, were devastated. But nature has some things up her sleeve that may surprise you.

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

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A new study shows lab mice become less anxious after living outdoors, even reversing existing fear in just one week.

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