She was the first female telephone operator. Before her, telephone operators were teenaged boys. That didn't go so well
They say baseball "lost its innocence" after 1919, but betting and other improper behavior was rampant in early-20th-century baseball
Treasures taken by a British invasion in 1897 could return to Nigeria as a permanent exhibition
Residue from pots found in a Sicilian cave show grape wine was produced 3,000 years earlier than thought
These mushroom-like mounds are some of the country's greatest geological treasures
A new study shows that the human remains looted in 2012 are more than 13,000 years old
By modifying a person's own immune cells, the treatment can effectively target leukemia cells
The new cosmic blasts may help researchers finally figure out what's producing the energy in space
Zebra fish and humans have similar pathways of addiction, which may make them ideal test subjects for addiction studies
The term 'magic bullet' once just meant a targeted drug
Using charm and cunning, she helped uncover Nazi plans to build deadly V-1 and V-2 rockets
While Thornton’s new Public Safety Facility, the crew happened upon a rare find
One of 42 Ming-era graves unearthed in Fuzhou is believed to belong to Tang Xianzu, who penned 'The Peony Pavilion'
A new analysis of hundreds of ancient skulls shows how often violent trauma affected the poor and the rich
The Big Tree has survived at least 40 hurricanes
A new study suggests shearwaters follow their nose home
The original vacuum cleaner required a number of improvements before becoming the household staple it is today
Impatient readers can quench their thirst with the awkward, yet fascinating, prose of a neural network trained on George R.R. Martin
The groundbreaking mathematician and computer scientist who spent 2 years at Princeton wrote that he 'detests America' in newly found documents
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