Irrepressible Louis Leakey, patriarch of the fossil-hunting family, championed the search for human origins in Africa, attracting criticism and praise
What Really Happened on Those Thirteen Fateful Days in October
Fifty years after her death, innovative Italian educator Maria Montessori still gets high marks
When two Naval officers entered the inferno of the Pentagon's west flank to search for survivors, they put their own lives on the line
For nearly 40 years, G.I. Joe has been on America's front lines in toy boxes from coast to coast
Members of the Doolittle Raiders celebrate the 60th anniversary of the U.S. answer to pearl harbor
A biographer and his subject, William Clark, meet in St. Louis
While William Clark is best known for the expedition he made with Meriwether Lewis, his later life was as historic and more consequential
For a few fleeting moments in 1956, Elvis Presley was still an unaffected kid from Tupelo, Mississippi, and the road to stardom seemed paved in possibility
Peru's Caral suggests civilization emerged in the Americas 1,000 years earlier than experts believed
Dr. John Gorrie found the competition all fired up when he tried to market his ice-making machine
There's no more fitting venue for American initiative and American art than the old Patent Office building
Who built the great megaliths and stone circles of Great Britain, and why? Researchers continue to puzzle and marvel over these age-old questions
The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands, plunged much of the world into a frightful chill and offers lessons for today
Though evidence against his theory grew, Kon-Tiki sailor Thor Heyerdahl never steered from his course
For 200 years in Ipswich, it sheltered all manner of Americans; now it informs and delights them
A half century ago, the first jet airliner delighted passengers with swift, smooth flights until a fatal structural flaw doomed its glory
The 19th-century trolley bell may have ding-ding-dinged, but the factory bell clanged the workday
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