More than eight decades after she disappeared in the South Pacific, the aviator continues to spark intense passion—and controversy
Through OpenWorm, scientists are hoping to allow anyone with a computer to unlock the secrets of animal behavior
The visual recording of life in the nation sheds light on a vanished culture
Biographer Taylor Branch makes a timely argument about civil right leader’s true legacy
Evidence that the universe is made of strings has been elusive for 30 years, but the theory's mathematical insights continue to have an alluring pull
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How do animals with poor vision see in dark locales?
Saying exactly what Churchill said isn’t easy—or cheap
Physicists engage in a strange debate about whether time really passes
The story you’ve heard about the creation of the famous board game is far from true
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Artist Kim Cadmus Owens celebrates the places we ignore
The famed artist drew on his extensive travels to paint “America Today”
When a boy suddenly disappeared into a sand dune, a scientist embarked on a quest to find out where he went
The opening of a national historic site in Colorado helps restore to public memory one of the worst atrocities ever perpetrated on Native Americans
The sleek and shadowy plane still commands awe 50 years after its first test flight
A few thousand macaques still exist in the wild—but for how much longer?
A frenzy of conflicting scientific analyses have made the famous pharaoh more mysterious than ever
Teddy Roosevelt’s children brought fresh-roasted beans and European coffeehouse culture to Manhattan
The driverless car may take a while to catch on—just as the automobile did a century ago
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