Irrepressible Louis Leakey, patriarch of the fossil-hunting family, championed the search for human origins in Africa, attracting criticism and praise
Los Angeles' insatiable thirst for water, which drained the Owens Valley, has ruined lives, shaped the city's politics and provoked ongoing controversy
Hundreds of women fought in the civil war disguised as men
Scientists are discovering that caves more complex than we ever imagined may yield vast riches about the origins of life
Without the extraordinary dedication of a few conservationists, New Zealand's kakapo would likely have gone the way of the dodo
A California biologist discovered a new insect species and then caught evolution in the act
Snow, sleet, hail or volcanic eruption cloud physicist Peter Hobbs will find a way to fly into it
A French photographer's aerial portraits of Iceland's Blue Lagoon, cotton bales in Ivory Coast, a tulip field in Holland document a world of fragile beauty
From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses
When two Naval officers entered the inferno of the Pentagon's west flank to search for survivors, they put their own lives on the line
Fifty years after her death, innovative Italian educator Maria Montessori still gets high marks
Thanks to new technology, backyard stargazers have traveled light-years of late to join professionals in mapping the heavens
A summer festival showcases the wit and artistry of the musical-theater master, drawing "nuts" from all over
Peru's Caral suggests civilization emerged in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed
For a few fleeting moments in 1956, Elvis Presley was still an unaffected kid from Tupelo, Mississippi, and the road to stardom seemed paved in possibility
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