In the valley of the whales, the fossils tell a story: one of evolution, of a species moving from land…
History & Trivia (Page 2)
With Earth Day 2012 officially over, it’s time to think about the aftermath of this holiday: what has the annual…
We have become obsessed with eliminating bacteria, attacking with gels and wipes the microbes we associate with infection, illness and…
For a big rock that happens to be trapped in our planet’s orbit, the moon certainly has a lot of…
In 1994 in Southern France, three cavers made an astonishing discovery after following an air current coming from a cliff…
It’s ugly. It’s huge. It cost $30 million. But the 51-foot-tall floodgate that was long considered a “mayor’s folly” saved…
Why would a flourishing civilization, advanced for its time, suddenly cease to exist, its inhabitants gone and its architecture abandoned?…
Just under the surface of Nottingham, England, there’s hidden world ripe for exploration, from a 14th century dungeon that once…
In Montana, children gleefully haul trout out of the water of a river that recently wasn’t able to support life…
Vandalism, climate change, encroaching development and rampant commercialism – these are just a few of the threats facing priceless ancient…