From a series of coins to a museum in the making, their groundbreaking achievements gain new visibility | Continue reading
DNA analysis suggests the Chinese immigrants' supply chain stretched to Southeast Asia | Continue reading
Former WWII pilot Gail S. Halvorsen is still fondly remembered as the American who delivered sweets to German children during the Berlin Airlift | Continue reading
The artwork by Edmonia Lewis, the first African American sculptor in the classical mode, epitomizes her immense talent | Continue reading
A spin-off of the long-running series "Vikings," the show follows a fictionalized version of Norwegian king Harald Hardrada | Continue reading
There are about 52 known species of chimaera, half of which were discovered in the last two decades | Continue reading
The ceramic vessel contained whipworm eggs found in human feces, debunking the theory that it simply served as a storage jar | Continue reading
A booming market has specimen hunters tracking down rare new varieties of the ancient fruit | Continue reading
What to make of the alluring legend of the Connecticut teen who warned that the Redcoats were coming | Continue reading
The little boat traveled over 8,000 miles across the Atlantic and was found by a sixth grade student in Norway | Continue reading
Altering tick genomes could bring scientists closer to managing ticks and tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease | Continue reading
The hungry 500-pound bear is still on the run | Continue reading
Clues from fossil fish help scientists pinpoint the season when Earth’s fifth mass extinction began | Continue reading
How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives | Continue reading
The Museum of the Moving Image tests whether patrons can spot the difference between fabrication and reality | Continue reading
Over its 13-year run, Vee Jay built a roster that left a lasting impact on every genre of music | Continue reading
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These photographs explore the waterways of the South that brought suffering to so many and also provided some a way out of bondage | Continue reading
A new study suggests pre-Neanderthals carefully placed their hearths to minimize smoke exposure while maximizing room for activities | Continue reading
The novel treatment using umbilical cord blood could help dozens of people with both HIV and aggressive cancers | Continue reading
A new study suggests pre-Neanderthals carefully placed their hearths to minimize smoke exposure while maximizing room for activities | Continue reading
The first-ever international audio collection of aquatic ecosystems would aim to uncover unidentified fish species, discover regional dialects and more | Continue reading
A portion of the Seven Mile Bridge, an engineering marvel completed in 1909, has been transformed into a linear park | Continue reading
It wasn’t just a legend. Archaeologists are getting to the bottom of the city celebrated by Homer nearly 3,000 years ago | Continue reading
Why the bird ventured so far north is a mystery, but the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service says that raptor's range seems to be expanding | Continue reading
Elizabeth Meaders' acquisitions include sports memorabilia, civil rights posters, military paraphernalia and art | Continue reading
Some regions could see as much as seven feet of sea level rise by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions aren't curbed | Continue reading
The pathbreaking lawyer and “Civil Rights Queen” was the first Black woman to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court | Continue reading
The object's owners inscribed the names of at least 55 intended victims on its surface | Continue reading
Archaeologists pull another dozen sediment-encrusted artillery pieces after finding three last year | Continue reading
Now on view in London, the chalk sculpture was buried alongside three children between 3005 and 2890 B.C.E. | Continue reading
Decorated nets entrapped fewer undesirable animals without significantly impacting the amount of target fish caught | Continue reading
Native flowering plant species grew faster and more densely in the last decade than in the previous 50 years combined | Continue reading
Cooper Hewitt dives into the surprisingly creative ways doctors, nurses, engineers, designers, artists and, even your neighbors, responded to the pandemic | Continue reading
A 58-foot-tall wall of water was measured by a sensor buoy off the coast | Continue reading
An exposed prehistoric seafloor is a hotspot for relics, and now an international team is helping unravel their mysteries | Continue reading
The design features boy reporter Tintin, the Smurfs and other beloved pop culture figures | Continue reading
The symbiotic organisms could need more than a million years to adapt to just 1 degree Celsius of warming, a new study suggests | Continue reading
The pandemic has caused a surge in interest in wild foods, and resorts worldwide have taken notice, creating tasty excursions for guests to indulge in | Continue reading
The large feathery friend is four years old and arrived at the Zoo in November 2021 | Continue reading
Piel Island needs its ruler to manage its inn and maintain its campgrounds | Continue reading
After his incarceration during WWII, Toshio Mori released a collection of short stories based on his experiences as a second generation Asian immigrant | Continue reading
Human-caused climate change is responsible for 42 percent of the soil moisture deficit in the last 22 years, a new study finds | Continue reading
From the effect of vaccines on a baby's immunity to whether Covid-19 can cause stillbirths, experts weigh in with helpful information and advice | Continue reading
A new exhibition traces the toys' history from handmade cloth figures to an American Girl character | Continue reading
Earlier this month, a Hawaiian delegation retrieved 58 sets of ancestral remains from five European museums | Continue reading
In 1997, a cargo ship was struck by a rogue wave. Among 62 shipping containers aboard, one contained five million plastic toy bricks | Continue reading
The state first listed the raptors as endangered in 1987 | Continue reading