From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq, the threat to a region's water supply is the cruelest cut of all
A new Smithsonian book whisks readers on a culinary odyssey, tracing the history of salt, pork, honey, chili, tomato, rice and chocolate
Though his voyage to the Galapagos and his work with finches dominate the narrative of the famed naturalist, he was, at heart, a botanist
Even after the armistice was signed ending World War I, the doughboys clashed with Russian forces 100 years ago
What the architecture and history of student housing tell us about higher education
Designed to be apolitical, the attraction offers whiz-bang tech without the agency's brutal past
Oliver Chase invented a lozenge-cutting machine that led to Necco wafers, Sweethearts and the mechanization of candy making
In the 1830s and '40s, the pioneering spelunker mapped out many of the underground system's most popular spots
Before the advent of geology as a science, the canyon was avoided. Now the popular park is celebrating its centennial year
An heirloom is charged with both sentiment and purely speculative history
The legacy left behind by the Philadelphia-based retail chain Wanamaker’s is still felt by shoppers today
An exhibit in San Francisco explores the dark chapter in American history when the government imprisoned its own citizens
The popular and pious wife to President James Polk had little use for the nascent suffrage movement
The inaugural title game in 1967 would not have been getting kudos from the media for representing women
The 2019 nationwide release, 47 years after it was made, means audiences at last will see the Queen of Soul’s transcendent masterpiece
A new book uncovers the intricacies of Paul Le Roux’s cartel and how it fueled the opioid epidemic ravaging the U.S. today
A historian of 20th century media argues that the technological innovation was the quintessential Cold War machine
"RENT: Live" meet "The Boys from Boise"
Sixty years ago this month, the romantic victory of the young Cuban revolutionaries amazed the world—and led to a surreal evening on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
Fifty years later, Mary Beth Tinker looks back at her small act of courage and the Supreme Court case that followed
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