A brave young Black woman who became a pilot in the 1920s—and even walked on the wings of airplanes—has become the latest hero to be honored...
In the historic Italian city of Vicenza, Veneto, a typically-Italian family business of artisans is handmaking not-so-typical solar panels. Designed to be indistinguishable by the naked...
Nearly 100 years ago, the Chicago Field Museum acquired a bronze sword from Europe, but it was thought to be a well-made replica. Now a new...
The astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission left a Christmas gift under the tree for all of humanity as they traveled on their way to the...
An amateur scientist has decoded the meaning of cave markings used in Ice Age drawings—a communication system of early ‘writing’ dating back 14,000 years earlier than...
(Note: Children or sensitive individuals should avoid this article.) Across Europe, it’s not uncommon to find museums of torture stocked with black cast iron pieces of...
8 years after Arctic researchers discovered the lost wreck of HMS Erebus, the team has finally been able to see it with their own eyes and...
Archaeologists working in Denmark’s Jutland peninsula have discovered the foundation and remains of a great hall from the high Viking Age. Structural features and remains date...
Archaeologists working in Denmark’s Jutland peninsula have discovered the foundation and remains of a great hall from the high Viking Age. Structural features and remains date...
8 years after Arctic researchers discovered the lost wreck of HMS Erebus, the team has finally been able to see it with their own eyes and...