The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

Purchased for just $50 at a Minnesota garage sale in 2016, "Elimar" may actually be a long-lost Vincent van Gogh masterpiece ...

Metal detectorist Constantin Fried found a miniature lock dating to the Roman era while exploring a field near ...

During excavations at the Rašaška archaeological site, researchers uncovered the headless and contorted remains of a suspected vampire.

The 1904 Olympics were the first to take place in the United States, and they established the tradition of awarding gold, ...

The story of Alexander Hamilton’s children begins with an unexpected marriage. In December 1780, Alexander, an orphan with little social standing, wed Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler, the daughter of an ...

Although Tiberius began his reign as the second emperor of Rome as a competent, acclaimed military commander, his time as one of the most powerful leaders in the world ended in estrangement and ...

The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by ...

The furry creature doesn’t look quite camera-ready. Its snout is raised as if it’s sniffing the air, and its eyes are glazed and bright. It’s no wonder why the tiny California mammal appears so ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting gradually for centuries due to the movement of molten metals in the planet’s outer core. In the 1990s, magnetic north began to experience an unprecedented ...