Harvesting energy from ambient radio waves and light, the ultra-low power device doesn’t need a battery to make calls, but there's a catch
For now, the prototype rover—part tank, part Batmobile—is destined for Washington, D.C.
Tanning was big business in the 1930s, as people sought to recreate the sun-kissed California beach look
From a KKK hood to an anti-Chinese pistol, a new exhibition shows America’s fraught history of deciding who to include in democracy
Retrofitted by the British Navy, the paddleboat saved 7,000 men over many dangerous trips across the Channel
In the deadly Astor Place Riot, how to perform Shakespeare served as a proxy for class warfare
A look at a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, "The Face of Battle: Americans at War, 9/11 to Now"
Probably not, but it’s fun to think about
Even in America’s most pristine wildernesses, unwanted sound is changing landscapes
Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate
Chart humanity's course through history with these antique navigational tools
The beauty of dry ice cleaning is the efficient and environmentally safe process; but also the procedure was on view from the street
When U.S. troops launched their assault on the Pacific island of Okinawa, they expected a fierce resistance from an entrenched Japanese army
James Monroe’s 1817 goodwill tour kicked off a decade of party-less government – but he couldn’t stop the nation from dividing again
The new product could be available in about five years, scientists say
Over the years, the American buffalo, or bison, has been a symbol of the American frontier
On the eve of the disaster’s centennial, a sailor’s 1917 journal details a rare eyewitness account of the massive harbor blast
The 1883 law was the first of its kind to institute mandatory, government-monitored health insurance
The e-mosquito is a continuous glucose-monitoring device that could help people with diabetes better manage their blood sugar
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