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See examples of these beautiful photographs of animal skeletons in our image gallery
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Browse our selected illustrations of some of the strangest and creepiest Santa Clauses ever put down on paper
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The editor behind the site that curates the best content on the web lists the most interesting history books of 2011
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Paleontologist Edward Hitchcock was one of the first dinosaur track experts, but why did he insist that birds left the footprints?
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In 1912, the French chocolate company Lombart printed a series of six collectible cards envisioning daily life one hundred years in the future
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Energy-rich honey may have helped hominids evolve big brains
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This week, meet a children's author and scientist, make holiday crafts, learn about a masterpiece tapestry, and see exotic tropical butterflies
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The ultimate holiday treat
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Thanks to medical innovations and research breakthroughs, living past your 100th birthday will one day not be such a big deal
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Scientists determine it was lack of water, not food, that was responsible for sudden aspen decline
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A new exhibition covers the history of mail in the military
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Movies every fan should have
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Most expand their culinary horizons as they get older, but a few people hold fast to limited diets of familiar things like macaroni and cheese
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If any dinosaur has a tortured history, it's the giant predator Saurophaganax
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A chess set, soccer ball, bear spray and other items, even dog food, make the list of gifts to give your favorite hardened traveler
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Scientists predicted that Comet Lovejoy would collide with the Sun
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Radebaugh's vision of a road-creating machine may not have been a figment of just his imagination- a Disney-produced television program had a similar idea
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At the height of the sailing era, four of the world's fastest clippers raced home with the season's precious early cargo of tea
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Should Nedoceratops and Torosaurus be sunk into Triceratops? The debate continues, and it's not just a bit of paleontological arcana
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Innovation happens so fast now that it's harder and harder to keep up with the pace. But is it really innovation?
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