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In 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov kept his cool and reported a U.S. missile strike as a false alarm, preventing a massive counterstrike
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The review, which has been leaked, also suggests changes in uses and/or management of several other monuments
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A biologist learns an eel's power first hand, allowing himself to be repeatedly shocked in the name of science
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Last sighted in 1976, many are hopeful that the Javan tiger still lives
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The first female opera composer, Caccini worked for the super-rich-and-powerful Medici family
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The outbreak is primarily affecting the city’s homeless population
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A parody of the prestigious Nobel Prizes, the awards celebrate research that makes people laugh, then think
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The leucistic mother and baby were filmed by local rangers in August
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It features more than 2,500 new works and 69 new exhibits
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Gold miners were heard in a bar talking about killing 10 indigenous people in the remote Javari Valley
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The Petersen House, across the street from Ford's Theatre, will undergo preservation work to keep it as a museum of the president's final moments
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An ancient text called the Bakhshali manuscript has bumped zero’s origin story back by 500 years
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Before the probe's final plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere, here’s a look back at what we’ve learned so far
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After a dramatic confrontation with the costumed driver, it turns out it was all a test
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The newly discovered artifacts are the latest discovery at Vindolanda, once a remote outpost of the Roman empire
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Learning how space changes microbes might help fight antibiotic resistance here on Earth
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Before McKinley's death, the president didn't have one united protective squad
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Those long, thin necks may be used to shade their skin from the hot African Sun
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Being single is hard enough without these pejoratives.
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From the creator of 'House of Cards,' 'The Parisian Woman' plans to capture the political zeitgeist of the moment
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