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One particular revolution was so important, that at least one historian thinks the 20th century officially began in 1914 and ended in 1991.
Scientists captured it on footage 1.5 miles below the surface.
Bite into a miracle berry and you'll perceive intense sweetness — but only after you eat something acidic, too.
Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.
This century alone has already had a couple of Onesdays (1/11/11 and 11/11/11).
George Washington’s biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves’ teeth
Washington first took the oath of office of the president of the United States with just one natural tooth remaining.
Was this a moment when humans interbred with Neanderthals?
Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
Take a look at the Times Square Totem, the Trafalgar Square Pyramid, and other landmarks that were never built.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at even higher energies, something even greater happens?
The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.
After it became clear that the world wasn't 6,000 years old, some proposed that northern peoples had emerged independently from others.
Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.
Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.
Finland reveals that happiness is more about mindset than umbrella drinks and sun-warmed beaches.
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth's fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.
Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.
The story of dog domestication is one of converting the wild wolf into man's nicer, smarter, best friend. It might be all wrong.
We value human life in a way that assumes we possess a sacred something not found in beings like lambs, turkeys, or mosquitoes.
The quadratic formula isn't just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
America’s war in Southeast Asia is fading fast from memory. These maps offer a horrific reminder.
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.
Yes, the Universe is expanding, but you might wonder, "How fast is it expanding?"
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Although saying the wrong thing could often get you killed in ancient civilizations, history shows that the ideal of free speech has deep roots.
65 million years ago, an asteroid strike caused the 5th great mass extinction. Could we save Earth, today, from a similar event?
The U.S. has the world's largest debt in absolute terms, but Japan's is the largest when measured in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio.
The pulse took just 35 hours to cover the whole world.