A 19th-century surveying mistake kept lumberjacks away from what is now Minnesota’s largest patch of old-growth trees.
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The discovery calls into question the few things scientists know about these powerful astronomical phenomena.
One particular revolution was so important, that at least one historian thinks the 20th century officially began in 1914 and ended in 1991.
Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?
Atomic nuclei form in minutes. Atoms form in hundreds of thousands of years. But the “dark ages” rule thereafter, until stars finally form.
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
Who doesn’t love a little existential fear every once in a while?
Art criticism is inherently subjective. Still, many critics have tried to make a case for why some of the world’s most celebrated books are in fact terribly written.
Love him or hate, Karl Marx redefined geopolitics and shook up the world order.
More than 90 percent of people make a mistake on this test.
Disgusting behavior is often crucial to survival.
Cosmic inflation is the state that preceded and set up the hot Big Bang. Here’s what the Universe was like during that time period.
The James Webb Space Telescope could help scientists learn about the cosmic dark ages and how they ended.
Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.
Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.
The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
With almost every shovel of sand shifted in Egypt, another artifact comes to light.
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.
If you have an old TV set with the “rabbit ear” antennae, and you set it to channel 03, that snowy static can reveal the Big Bang itself.
Some animals were even assigned their own lawyers.
A study proposes that an ancient trading network, called the Hopewell tradition, may have been wiped out by what is known as a cosmic airburst.
Alchemy had its golden age in the 17th century, when it counted Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle among its adherents.
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
Hubble showed us what our modern day Universe looks like. JWST’s big goal was to teach us how the Universe grew up. Here’s where we are now.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.