A group of orphaned lion cubs are facing an uncertain future. If they're to survive into adulthood, they will have to convince their reluctant aunt to share her kill with them. | Continue reading
On December 16, 1941, the Italian navy launched a daring attack on three British ships outside Alexandria harbor. At the heart of the operation was a unique weapon: a human torpedo. | Continue reading
To satisfy customers hungry for visions of the British colonies, these artists created wildly imaginative and inaccurate scenes | Continue reading
A sugar-sweet symbol for beat cops around the country | Continue reading
The same LIDAR technology that lets driverless cars | Continue reading
In late 1919 and early 1920, scientists and canners worked with the government to protect the public from the deadly toxin | Continue reading
The probe, which launches Sunday, will attempt to solve enduring mysteries about the sun | Continue reading
The ceremony itself was rooted in union-busting, laying the basis for the art vs. mass acclaim debate we see play out today | Continue reading
Researchers and archaeologists have recovered the remains of distinguished flyer Lawrence E. Dickson whose plane crashed during a mission in 1944 | Continue reading
Seminal research reveals that sperm change their cargo as they travel the reproductive tract—and the differences can have consequences for fertility | Continue reading
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine endorses the $1 billion Electron-Ion Collider | Continue reading
Before President Abdulla Yasmeen lost the country's election, his government ordered the demolition of the conservation-minded underwater sculpture garden | Continue reading
Black cooks created the feasts that gave the South its reputation for hospitality | Continue reading
Did members of a powerful society of warlocks actually murder their enemies and kidnap children? | Continue reading
CDC spreads the word about the peril of pee in pools | Continue reading
In this professor's class, there are no calculators. Instead, students learn advanced math by drawing pictures, playing with beach balls—and knitting | Continue reading
A revolutionary American scientist is using subatomic physics to decipher 2,000-year-old texts from the early days of Western civilization | Continue reading
In this professor's class, there are no calculators. Instead, students learn advanced math by drawing pictures, playing with beach balls—and knitting | Continue reading
Our ancestors and cousins didn't all live in the shadows of the Mesozoic world—some were burly carnivores | Continue reading
The tomb, which was found at a building site, measure 8.5 feet long and 5 feet wide | Continue reading
New research shows that ovulation in Serengeti wildebeests is accelerated and synchronized by the yammering of eager males | Continue reading
Disease, cultural change wiped out pre-contact populations, leaving no trace of ancient dogs’ DNA in modern counterparts | Continue reading
Scientists have taken the next steps toward creating an alternative fertility preservation method using modified ovarian tissue | Continue reading
Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes | Continue reading
Judging from the GoFly competition, they're much more likely to resemble flying motorbikes | Continue reading
Kadibil, who died at the age of 95, had her incredible odyssey recounted in the acclaimed 2002 film ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ | Continue reading
How Spain chooses to memorialize Francisco Franco and the victims of his authoritarian regime is tearing the nation apart | Continue reading
Most giant cetaceans only got giant in the past 4.5 million years, suggesting they could have room to grow | Continue reading
A new model of the solar system suggest we have gas giants to thank for our watery world | Continue reading
Some researchers believe it could help predict student violence. Others worry about unintended consequences | Continue reading
At Massachusetts's Peabody Essex Museum, Tedi Asher is using neuroscience research to create impactful art experiences | Continue reading
While the proposed branch of the armed forces may be controversial, the history of the so-called | Continue reading
After winning 6 percent of the vote in the 1912 presidential election, Eugene Debs ran afoul of the nation's new anti-sedition laws | Continue reading
Rock fans do their own investigative work to understand their favorite groups’ influences. So why can’t the rest of us get with the program? | Continue reading
Cerro Gordo was once a lively mining town | Continue reading
Cerro Gordo was once a lively mining town. Now its new owners have plans to refurbish it in hopes of attracting visitors to the relic of the Wild West | Continue reading
The decision brings an end to a 27-year-old conflict and paves the way for the Republic of North Macedonia to join the NATO alliance | Continue reading
The discovery makes sense: Mollusks use these teeth to excavate rocks while they feed | Continue reading
If the finding is true, they'd be the first invertebrates to join an elite club that includes primates, dolphins and parrots | Continue reading
The condiment really is the perfect complement to the American diet | Continue reading
A quirk of a 19th-century Congressional resolution could allow Texas to split up into five states | Continue reading
A new study shows that 10 other men founded large Y-chromosome lineages | Continue reading
Popularized by Thomas Jefferson, this versatile dish fulfills our nation's quest for the 'cheapest protein possible' | Continue reading
A Dutch fleet stuck in the ice. A group of French soldiers sent to capture it. What could go wrong? | Continue reading
Even a mite wouldn’t fit inside this itty-bitty structure | Continue reading
After writing a groundbreaking math textbook, Maria Agnesi quit math for good | Continue reading
The gelatin-scaffold ovary could one day help restore endocrine function in young cancer patients and treat infertility | Continue reading