Scientists uncover the ancient origins of baobab trees

Paper cuttings made by 17th-century schoolgirls discovered beneath floorboards

Crows and Magpies Snatch Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests

The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016)

Ernest Hemingway's brother established a floating republic in the Caribbean

Preemie Sharks Get by With a Little Help From an Artificial Uterus

The Leopold and Loeb case, a century Later

Coffee helped the Union in the Civil War

A buried ancient Egyptian port reveals connections between distant civilizations

The 1904 Olympic Marathon (2012)

Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive

Pompeii fixed potholes with molten iron (2019)

Butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic without stopping

Spiderwebs can pick up vibrations in air flow caused by sound waves, and researchers say microphones designed this way could become more sensitive and compact.

Ernest Shackleton's Last Ship, Quest, Discovered Off the Coast of Canada

Mexico City's reservoirs are at risk of running out of water

Ramses II's Long-Lost Sarcophagus Has Been Identified

Martha Gellhorn, the only woman to report on the D-Day landings from the ground

WWII Propaganda Campaign – Carrots Help You See in the Dark (2013)

Lulu Hunt Peters pioneered counting calories a century ago

Men's Shirts Button on the Right. Why Do Women's Button on the Left?

Researchers Breed Mice With Hybrid Brains Containing Cells From Rats

University Students in Hawaii Use Cutting-Edge Technology to Digitally Restore Historic Buildings Damaged by Maui Wildfires

How the soon-to-reopen Folger Shakespeare Library came to be

Ancient Maya Royals’ Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political Regime

NASA’s Orion Capsule Heat Shield Wore Away in More Than 100 Places During 2022 Test Flight, Posing ‘Significant Risks’ A new report highlights safety issues that NASA must address before using the spacecraft to send astronauts to the moon, and the agency is already working on fixing the problems.

Researchers find high levels of lead, mercury and arsenic in Beethoven's hair

A town that kept its nuclear bunker a secret for three decades

Scientists Clone Two Black-Footed Ferrets From Frozen Tissues in Conservation Effort

Microplastics Are Contaminating Ancient Archaeological Sites

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