A curious new find yields clues to the origins of the alphabet | Continue reading
This quirky icon of evolution faces a rocky future | Continue reading
You may think of the “Big Easy” on Fat Tuesday, but other towns throughout Louisiana and the wider Gulf Coast play host to raucous celebrations | Continue reading
A new film imagines the events that inspired the notoriously private author to write "Wuthering Heights" | Continue reading
You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts | Continue reading
A real pearl of that size would have been "astronomically expensive," art historian says | Continue reading
Ice fishing competitions on Lake Champlain have been canceled after an unusually warm January | Continue reading
The empire abruptly vanished around 1200 B.C.E., and ancient tree rings suggest climate played a role | Continue reading
After clearing the area, park officials sent experts to safely detonate the object | Continue reading
The British emigrant vessel sank with a cargo of Victorian pottery on board | Continue reading
With a new state-of-the-art irrigation project, Arizona’s Pima Indians are transforming their land into what it once was: the granary of the Southwest | Continue reading
Taken a half-century ago, her images strike a contemporary pose | Continue reading
When the fascists took power in Austria, Muriel Gardiner helped refugees and others in need, and never stopped | Continue reading
A lack of snow has forced some ski resorts to close, impacting tourists and athletes alike | Continue reading
She is one of five honorees selected by the American Women Quarters Program | Continue reading
Trips to the 49th state inspired the characters in the writer-illustrator's latest children’s book Cozy in Love | Continue reading
New research finds a link between the foods puppies eat and their gut health later in life | Continue reading
The government cited bad practices in the industry as a reason for the ban, which has sparked concerns for the local economy | Continue reading
The artifact depicts Roma, the goddess who personifies the city of Rome | Continue reading
Distant identification of whales is improving rapidly, but finding the behemoth creatures is still surprisingly tricky | Continue reading
The Smithsonian launches a new certification for chocolate lovers looking to help their feathery friends | Continue reading
The waterway opened up the heartland to trade, transforming small hamlets into industrial centers | Continue reading
Proponents of the teaching method argue that it encourages engagement with the language and the ancient past | Continue reading
Kids and senior citizens alike rally to rescue beloved young seabirds that have lost their bearings | Continue reading
The vessel, called 'Gribshunden,' sank off the coast of Sweden in 1495 | Continue reading
A stage adaptation of the hit 2016 movie musical is officially in the works | Continue reading
The bird may have been colored as part of a gender reveal | Continue reading
Launching in April, the satellite mission TEMPO will detect pollutants at a neighborhood scale across the nation | Continue reading
The die-off is expected to continue despite this winter’s rain storms | Continue reading
The comedy follows a fictional TV painter who bears a striking resemblance to Ross | Continue reading
The federal health agency updated its vaccination guidance for children and adults | Continue reading
Proposals to fight climate change by blocking sunlight aren’t new, but some experts argue the answer lies closer to home | Continue reading
Glory goes to the Six Triple Eight, who overcame discrimination from fellow service members and are finally getting the recognition they earned | Continue reading
A look through a historic microscope helps explain what we all owe the Nobel Prize-winning scientist | Continue reading
Since 2017, detainees have been barred from taking their art out of the prison | Continue reading
In "The Exhibit," a group of seven promising creators compete to become the "next great artist" | Continue reading
A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco has been on the loose for a week after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized | Continue reading
The deposed monarch wrote the 57 encrypted messages during her captivity in England | Continue reading
A new U.N. report warns that climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss are helping create pathogens that can evade our medications | Continue reading
Transmission between minks has called attention to the potential risks to humans, though experts say not to panic | Continue reading
Also for sale are gifts from Harper Lee, who remained close with the Peck family for years | Continue reading
Rising temperatures could worsen glacial lake outbursts, unleashing massive inland waves on downstream communities, a study finds | Continue reading
The Hindu nationalist government says that Western culture threatens Indian traditions | Continue reading
Paleontologists unearthed the bones of two new penguin species that lived 50 million years ago | Continue reading
NASA and DARPA are building a nuclear thermal rocket engine that could slash the time it would take to reach the Red Planet | Continue reading
A nearly three-million-year-old butchering site packed with animal bones, stone implements and molars from our early ancestors reignites the debate | Continue reading
A new documentary offers an intimate look at the actor and activist's story | Continue reading
The life-size statue was likely buried along the Appian Way in the early 20th century | Continue reading