America was named by mapmaker Waldseemüller in 1507. The name honored explorer Amerigo Vespucci's discoveries. “America” was ...

On April 25, 2015, protests -- some violent -- broke out in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year old black man, while in police custody.

A new book marks the first anniversary of Leo XIV’s election with a closer look at the papal son of Chicago’s melting pot.

On April 25, 2015, protests -- some violent -- broke out in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year old black man, while in police custody.

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New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries. Researchers have analyzed dinosaur fossils using advanced paleoproteomic techniques, a method ...

Explorers made the discovery of a lifetime after stumbling across an uncharted, Egyptian pyramid-sized island during an expedition in a treacherous region off Antarctica known as the “danger zone.” ...

When the paleontologists first plucked a massive, scimitar-shaped bone from the desolate sands of the central Sahara in 2019, they didn't immediately recognize it for what it was. It took a return ...

A New York State cemetery may be home to nearly 5.6 million ground-nesting bees, according to a new study. The colony is one of the largest ever recorded and likely one of the oldest, the researchers ...

Archaeologists have been studying Monticello, the 18th-century plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson, for decades. Yet they’re still making new discoveries. Most recently, researchers unearthed the ...