Electrodes placed in the brains of five patients led to "profound" improvements in cognitive function, even years after their injuries | Continue reading
Birders are driving hours to Corpus Christi for a chance to spot the cattle tyrant, which has never been observed in the United States before | Continue reading
The novelist used a pencil to underline roughly 15 passages from the text by Isaac D'Israeli | Continue reading
The celebrated artist’s crusading works, now on view at the Hirshhorn Museum, upend the stereotypes too often foisted on Black women | Continue reading
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The Union general directly benefited from the brutal institution before and during the Civil War | Continue reading
Scientists discovered a connection between a bacteria linked to eczema and an itch-causing enzyme in a study of mice | Continue reading
The footprints pre-date the earliest known fossils of avian ancestors by roughly 60 million years, per a new study | Continue reading
A scent-detecting dog led the team to the discovery in South Africa, and traces of mole DNA helped confirm it | Continue reading
The "resonant" planets could provide insight about how such systems form and evolve—and why our own solar system is not synced up | Continue reading
Originally created in 2006, the Molinière Underwater Sculpture Park recently added 31 new pieces off the coast of the island of Grenada | Continue reading
Highly anticipated before its arrival in late 1973, Kohoutek became an interplanetary punchline. But astronomers may have gotten the last laugh | Continue reading
Dimples called vibrissal pits on the beaks of the mammals can perceive electricity and might help with hunting and navigation | Continue reading
Leo Geyer’s “The Orchestras of Auschwitz” weaves remnants of musical scores written by those at the camp into a piece honoring the Holocaust’s victims | Continue reading
Conservators removed cosmetic changes made to a painting of English aristocrat Diana Cecil, likely to match 19th-century beauty standards | Continue reading
The celestial spectacle will peak on December 13 and 14, lighting up the night sky with as many as 120 shooting stars per hour | Continue reading
The first woman justice to serve on the nation's highest court died on Friday at age 93 | Continue reading
Spiking solar activity could mean more chances to see the awesome aurora borealis | Continue reading
Whether you are looking for some gift ideas or a great read to enjoy on the plane or cozied up over the holidays, consider our carefully curated lists | Continue reading
Our favorite titles this year will make readers feel the power of visual storytelling | Continue reading
Contractors are working to determine whether restoration of the piece's remains is possible | Continue reading
The painting by the influential Flemish artist could sell for as much as $883,000 at auction | Continue reading
The carnivorous mammals will increasingly face habitat loss and fragmentation because of climate change, according to scientists | Continue reading
The "Isleworth Mona Lisa" is now on view in Turin—but many experts aren't convinced it's the work of Leonardo da Vinci | Continue reading
The amazing microsleep strategy may be an adaptation to group living and lurking predators in a harsh Antarctic environment | Continue reading
In 19th-century St. Louis, Madam Priscilla Henry earned a life-changing fortune—and scores of enemies vying for her crown | Continue reading
Researchers have been unable to locate an obvious source for the particle—it seems to have traveled from an empty spot in space | Continue reading
Museum-goers follow the star from his childhood apartment to his expansive NBA career | Continue reading
Your feedback on Vietnam veterans, the value of stagecraft and one very adventurous anthropologist | Continue reading
The Pennsylvanian was one of America’s greatest heroes. Why hasn’t he gotten his due? | Continue reading
In the birthplace of Italian sculpture, a powerful automated machine tries its hand at an ancient craft | Continue reading
As conflagrations become more difficult to contain, a citizen movement to try to manage them through “prescribed burns” is growing | Continue reading
The large plane, which can accommodate roughly 300 passengers, delivered 45 scientists and 12 tons of equipment to a research station in Queen Maud Land | Continue reading
The elusive and critically endangered Vangunu giant rats are at least twice the size of common rats | Continue reading
As technology's ability to manipulate reality improves, we're all searching for the truth | Continue reading
New research suggests the birds may find their mates in crowded colonies by looking at their chest plumage | Continue reading
"Calder: In Motion" celebrates the iconic artist’s innovative mobiles, sculptures and other works | Continue reading
On Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, a rare animal is thriving—for now | Continue reading
The Nazis and Soviets sought to erase the mass killing of 33,000 Jews at Babyn Yar, but a new effort seeks to remember the dead even as Russia attacks | Continue reading
The extremely valuable fish likely spawn in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean called the Slope Sea | Continue reading
For the first time, the FDA has indicated a willingness to endorse a longevity drug | Continue reading
When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the artifacts were on loan to a museum in the Netherlands | Continue reading
The Vermont raptor can no longer fly, but he is helping educators teach the public about his species through art | Continue reading
The iceberg, which naturally broke off Antarctica in 1986, had remained grounded for decades before moving again in recent years | Continue reading
Diana wore the garment for a portrait that officially announced her engagement in 1981 | Continue reading
The newly discovered stela depicts a figure with a headdress, a necklace, swords and male genitalia | Continue reading
Curators and staffers satisfied their endless curiosity with novels, short stories, biographies, art collections and journalistic reporting | Continue reading