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Samuel Colt was a clever marketer as well as a talented inventor
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Many believe Edison killed Topsy to prove a point, but some historians argue otherwise
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New regulations take aim at antibiotic resistance
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A British artist has sparked a nationwide scavenger hunt for £5 notes worth thousands
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Once kept under lock and key, the book is now available in a critical edition
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Dino embryos may have developed slowly over several months, making them more susceptible to global catastrophes
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Over a century old, "Granny" hasn't been spotted since early October
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She was a leading lady, but racism held her career back
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The freewheeling art movement didn’t lend itself to posterity
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A new "right to disconnect" law lets employees negotiate communication rules in order to reduce stress and exhaustion from work
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John Plumbe, Jr. was one of America’s first rockstar photographers
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He was America’s first and only president with a visible—and known—disability
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She’s a silent reminder of the plight of hundreds of thousands of women forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II
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A new state law prevents cities and counties from restricting use of plastic bags or disposable cups and utensils
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Documents from aide seem to confirm long-time speculation that Nixon tried to scuttle a Vietnam peace deal to help his presidential campaign
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Apsley Cherry-Garrard's travel memoir is still the one to beat, and not only because it features penguins
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The world famous Princes Czartoryski Foundation was recently acquired by the Polish government for a fraction of its value
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Could paintings hold clues to Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases?
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The sci-fi author correctly predicted a number of innovations that have come to pass
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The Iron Lady glistens in newly released papers about her last years as Prime Minister
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