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The vibrant aurora lit up the night sky over the city of Kyoto, Japan, some 250 years ago
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The full moon closest to the equinox rises soon after sunset, casting a glow early evening that helps farmers bring in their crops
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Cartoonist Bil Keane landed on a formula that worked and he stuck to it
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The author of <i>The Remains of the Day</i> and seven other books explores themes of memory, time and self-deception
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The discovery of an ancient bronze arm is a rare archaeological find
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A recipe for pumpkin (or rather, “pompkin”) spice appears in America’s oldest cookbook
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Despite numerous patents, nothing really ever came of this fad
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Arthur Janov believed encountering trauma from childhood could help free people from adult neuroses
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Many experts believe that someone alerted Nazi authorities to the hiding place of Frank and her family, but the culprit has never been determined
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On a small Icelandic island, a massive piece of art will track Earth's wobble in space
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Archaeologists say the body was not stolen by crusaders in the 11th century and is still located below a church in Demre
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With cryo-electron microscopy, tiny living molecules can be seen in their natural states
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For the first time in four decades, the public will be able to enter the top levels of Rome’s amphitheater
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Take a tour through the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, which contains more than 260,000 entries from 41 countries
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Skin cells, tape worms and fuzzy mold are among this years top photos
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There are an estimated 8.7 million species on Earth–it's unlikely scientists will ever sequence them all
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The phony travelogue describes a trip from his home in Illinois across the Atlantic to Ireland and Scotland
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A bad geomagnetic storm would fry the electric grid and cripple civilization for years—a space shield is cheap by comparison
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The long-delayed Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea faces opposition from native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists
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The trio is the leading force behind the massive pair of detectors that can measures ripples in the fabric of space-time smaller than the width of a proton
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