The Great Pacificator was adept at getting congressmen to reach agreements over slavery. But he was less accommodating when one of his own slaves sued him
A new study finds that prehistoric humans correctly depicted the gait of four-legged animals much more frequently than modern artists
NASA scientists created global composite images using cloud-free nights to reveal an unprecedented look at how our planet appears at night
A kids' magazine in the '80s hoped that by now we'd have a whole new array of pets to choose from
We asked the institution team for their picks from the past year, from art to poetry to science
A fragmentary skeleton pins the emergence of dinosaurs more than 10 million years earlier than previously thought
Born in 1896, Besse Cooper was came into a world that was vastly different than the one she just left
Be it a book, movie, calendar or game, these picks are perfect for the hardest-to-shop-for people on your list
A longer life expectancy might have allowed members of the genus Homo to grow taller than earlier australopithecines, researchers propose
And city birds are stuffing their nests with cigarette butts to poison potential parasites
Prior to 1850, sugar was a hot commodity that only society's most wealthy could afford
An articulated hand found in southern Utah complicates the story of North America's feathery, beaked oviraptorosaurs
A Q&A with Diana Zlatanovski on how she came to collect collections, what they say about design, and how to be a collector without becoming a hoarder
There are lots of ways to use goods in the pantry to make your digs a little merrier
Health and medical mobile apps are booming. But what happens when they shift from tracking data to diagnosing diseases?
Montague Jetson is 110 years old--and loving it
A new advance in lighting could soon bring a silent, consistent glow that's easy on the eyes to an office near you
After 99 days in space, the museum's new jumping spider made it only five days before dying of natural causes
Are the days of wearing just a tuxedo t-shirt just over the horizon?
With the rise of the digital age, the fascinating skills of map reading and celestial navigation are becoming lost arts
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