Take advantage of this rare chance to see the Quadrantid meteor shower
Here are more of the terms you should know if you want to feel plugged into innovations changing the way we live this year
No one had ever tunneled under a major river before Marc Brunel began a shaft below London's river in the 1820s
#5: Cartoons lie—elephants don't like peanuts
This week, participate in hands-on science activity, watch a totem pole being made and see live tarantula feedings
A look at the most popular posts among our readers from the past year
Why is an image of the Garden of Eden considered art, while an exquisitely detailed depiction of Jurassic life is derided as juvenile junk?
The irreverent take on the giants of literature, science and politics could only have come from the brain of cartoonist Kate Beaton
Thanks to an extensive restoration process, the public can now see how Jefferson created his own version of the Scripture
The children's book author speaks about her career and what it means to write a "banned book"
Mammals come in three types and the best place to see them all in one place is this small island off the southern coast of Australia
Some of the world's oldest organisms left behind fossilized shells that, when translated to a large sculpture, bring an artistic edge to evolution
Moose and wolves face off in the world’s longest-running study of predators and prey
In Egypt's Western Desert, evidence abounds that before they were the kings of the ocean, whales roamed the earth on four legs
The world's greatest source of hominid fossils is among dozens of caves just hours from Johannesburg
The exotic locale, home to tortoises, cacti, iguanas and finches, was a source of inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution
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