By the time Bell died, he had moved on to other inventions. But the telephone made a huge mark on American society
More than a hundred thousand gallons of beer burst onto the streets of London when a vat broke
Programs for digitization, preservation, education and more are supported with $39.3 million in funding
Fires in a Roman neighborhood in Sainte-Colombe helped preserve ancient homes, shops and artifacts
While it's not the first case of genetically modifying human embryos, the study has reignited a long-running controversy
The finds add to evidence that a wetter "Green Arabia" was an important stop in the migration of early humans
Participants rated 4,997 random words on how funny they were, with Booty, Booby, Egghead and Twerp making the top 12
Used to stabilize swampy pathways, corduroy roads are among the earliest types of manufactured thoroughfares
Its fermentation pool could hold 6,500 liters of the good stuff
Hundreds of examples of art dating back centuries were found by rangers while they were conducting burn offs
The newly published <i>Reconstruction of the Crime</i> features comedic detective exploits and audience participation
The device would allow police to check if phone usage could be to blame for a car crash, but critics have raised privacy concerns
Tracing back the genetic tree of flowering plants millions of years, scientists recreate the predecessor of Earth's flowers
Long been thought unique to humans, a new study suggests that our close ancestors exhibit some of the hallmarks of the illness
A archaeological excavation in Burghead Fort has uncovered a longhouse from the Picts, a late Iron Age and early Medieval powerhouse
Thousands of drawings, letters and more are coming to the Edward Hopper House and the Whitney Museum
During this week in 1943, a 26-year-old Kennedy and his crew were marooned on a deserted island and then rescued thanks to two daring men
America’s founders agreed that the census was important, but it wasn’t long
The Tower Subway tunnel was only seven feet in diameter
Immune system imbalances may lie behind this crippling illness—a discovery that could lead to more effective treatments in the future
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