A Victorian-era naturalist thought he'd found a new kind of dinosaur, and he threw a fit when other naturalists disagreed
The bite of a Goliath bird-eater is hardly worse than a bee sting---but it is among the nastiest things that could skitter across your face in the Amazon
What are those burning questions about the cosmos that still baffle astronomers today?
Humans' big, fast-growing brains and unique style of walking explain why it takes so long for infant skulls to develop
We now create an enormous amount of digital data every day on smart phones, social networks and sensors. So how do you make sense of all of it?
Even though dinosaurs never lived in the sea, a few unfortunate specimens created temporary reefs in ancient oceans
Amerigo Vespucci wasn't entirely heroic—just ask Ralph Waldo Emerson
Artifacts from the Central Asian nation, including saddles ornamented with gold foil and cinnabar, are on display for the first time in the United States
The question was not “Should you eat human flesh?” says one historian, but, “What sort of flesh should you eat?”
And why some critics can't stand them
On Star Wars day, we take a look at the science behind the series' most popular spacecraft and the force fields it flies through
The S. Dillon Ripley Center hosts an exhibit of more than 300 of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' patents since 1980.
At a spooky abandoned theme park, once-regal dinosaurs are suffering a second extinction
In a new book, anthropologist Christopher Boehm traces the steps our species went through to attain a conscience
Dating back to the 18th century, the dish has jumped from the Mexican silver mines to fast food staple
Could the design of a Brita filter help us with controlling how much water we waste?
The Crocodile Trophy mountain biking race is off-road, meaning gravel, rocks, ruts, puddles, dust and lots of crashing
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