A tiny town named after an early miner
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Eggs may have been the secret to dinosaur success, but did they also lead to the dinosaurs' doom?
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Meet sculptor Colin Selig, who uses an interesting material for his benches: obsolete propane tanks
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Colonel Sanders thought the quality of his chicken had "slipped mightily" and the whole culture of fast food appeared to disgust him
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For more than 40 years, fossil hunters in Kenya have been excavating a treasure trove of hominid fossils, including a few species found nowhere else
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Think that all the best inventions happen in rich countries and trickle down to poor ones? Think again
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Where do Schrödinger's cat and lolcats collide? On the science-themed web comics that appeal to our inner nerd and inner child at the same time
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Standing out in an American town
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Decades before the Internet, radio-delivered newspaper machines pioneered the business of electronic publishing.
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Before the Dinosaur Renaissance moved sauropods out of the swamps, paleontologists recognized that some of these dinosaurs were better suited to land
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Erwan Le Corre can climb a tree as quickly as cat. He can also carrying logs, hoisting rocks, scaling cliffs, slogging through mud pits and wrestling
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The shuttle has landed
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During the First World War, Allied birds outperformed their rivals and saved thousands of lives–all thanks to the efforts of one London pigeon fancier
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Number 8: One species may be immortal. It can play its lifecycle in reverse, transforming from an adult medusa back to an immature polyp
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With Tasmania's 3.4-million acres of protected wilderness, this alluring isle feels close to heaven—Tasmanian devils included
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A new book catalogues some of the best sites around the world to catch a wave with stunning photography
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Curator Valerie Neal discusses space shuttle Discovery's long journey to the Air and Space Museum
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Fracking is just the latest cause to make the news for its link to quakes
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