An outspoken Harvard neuroscientist is tackling the wondrous challenge of understanding the workings of the brain
This salty memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. was one of America's first literary classics
A centuries-old pastime in the United Arab Emirates gets a reboot
As children, they escaped ruthless state-sponsored violence. Now, these Armenian women and men visit the aching memory of what they left behind
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Walking far-flung battlefields to picture the nation's defining tragedy in a modern light
How did a peace treaty signed — and broken — more than 800 years ago become one of the world's most influential documents?
Digital scholars are zeroing in on stories that were trending way back in the 19th century
Traveling back in time to visit Harper Lee's hometown, the setting of her 1960 masterpiece and the controversial sequel hitting bookstores soon
A rocky rollicking journey to Machu Picchu along one of the greatest engineering feats in the Americas
A fossil found in China may offer new clues about avian evolution
The events sparked by the killing of young Michael Brown gave rise to a new civil rights movement that's still growing
Readers respond to our June issue
The idea of using pneumatics to send objects has been around for ages. But people?
The famous archaeological treasure is falling into scandalous decline, even as its sister city Herculaneum is rising from the ashes
Researchers decipher a mystifying 15th-century document
Noted photographer Richard Phibbs has a new book that sends him back home on the range
When the New Horizons spacecraft races by the quasi-planetary body, Alan Stern will have finally met his match
The government of Dubai is taking this abstract structure to the next level
Originally the American answer to the Eiffel Tower, the summertime amusement became a hallmark of summer fun
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