In December 1942, Chicago Pile-1 ushered in an age of frightening possibility
Believe it or not, most get answered
Fortunately saner minds prevailed when the state thought about tearing down Philadelphia's historic structure
It’s been 40 years since ‘Saturday Night Fever’—a gritty film powered by music, machismo and masterful footwork—became a cultural phenomenon
New scholarship reveals details about the Native American at the center of the classic <em>Island of the Blue Dolphins</em>
A new book tells the complex stories behind murderous women, the so-called “femmes fatales.”
For some who moved west for work, this dream was temporary. For others, it lasted a lifetime
Her eye for American history puts her in the vanguard. Her passion for justice makes her a hero
The Hirshhorn Museum hosts the artist’s first solo show in Washington
Agatha Christie wrote her famous detective novel based on an even more famous kidnapping
In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives
Dehydrated, exhausted, and preyed upon by sharks, the surviving crew of the sunken USS Indianapolis was in a living nightmare
The Arlo Guthrie classic starts off retelling the true story of what happened more than 50 years ago
The National Portrait Gallery kicks off its 50th anniversary with the exhibition "The Sweat of Their Face"
Before the official report came out, the popular scientist took to the presses to paint a dire picture of what nuclear war might look like
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover previously ignored the growing threat in favor of pursuing Cold War bugaboos
Uncovering a World War I veteran's story provided a genealogist and pharmacologist with some clues
The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture reflects on what it took to make a dream reality
A new project from Northeastern University traces the journeys of 80 women who attempted to escape Europe and find new lives in America during World War II
How a preacher with no scientific training ended up writing the first feminist critique of <em>Origins</em>
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