As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries to come. None of these Sienese artists survived the Black Death.

It’s like a horror scene out of some crazy science fiction movie,” says Quentin Nardi, Smithsonian magazine’s chief ...

Optical illusion tests can reveal personality traits based on first impressions of specific images. The study uses two wolves to demonstrate traits of being strong-headed or indecisive. While engaging ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...