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The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

A Man Bought a $13 Camera at a Thrift Shop—and Found 70-Year-Old Film Still Inside. Do You Recognize the Faces in the Photos?

Police Recover Ancient Egyptian Artifacts the Day After a Heist at a Museum in Australia

Couples Have Been Kissing Under the Lovers' Arch in Italy for Years. On Valentine's Day, It Collapsed Into the Sea

Astronomers Discover an Exoplanet in the Wrong Place, Hinting at a Planetary System That Was Born 'Inside Out'

Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday? Here Are Six Reasons Why Washington, D.C. Is the Best Place to Experience It

Like Humans, Baboons Get Jealous of Their Siblings

Why Do Humans Have Chins? They Might Be an Evolutionary Accident, New Research Suggests

This Luxury Steamer Disappeared on a Stormy Night in 1872. Nearly 150 Years to the Day, It Was Found at the Bottom of Lake Michigan

Martha Graham Took Classic Ballet and Turned It Into Modern Dance. It’s Still Moving Us 100 Years Later

After a Devastating Bird Flu Outbreak, Scotland's Seabirds Are Slowly Recovering—and So Are the Scientists Who Witnessed Their Decline

This Helmet Kept an Air Force Pilot Safe as She Was Soaring Through the Glass Ceiling

One of the Allies’ Secret Weapons Against the Nazis Was a 21-Year-Old Woman Armed With a Microphone and a Script of Lies

Get Your Red-Hot History Lesson! How the Hot Dog Rose From Coney Island Carts to Platters at Presidential Picnics

Scientists Once Thought This Snail Was Extinct. But a Surprising Discovery and Decade-Long Conservation Effort Revived the Species

Lucian Freud Is Famous for His Unflinching Portraits. These Rarely Seen Drawings Provide an Intimate Window Into His Creative Process

Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future

What Is Skimo? The Newest Olympic Sport Has a Long History in Europe

Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal's Legendary War Elephants

A Star Suddenly Brightened, Then Faded Into Darkness. Astronomers Say It May Have Turned Into a Black Hole

How Often Do You Fart? This 'Smart Underwear' Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science

Bird Watchers Flock to Montreal to Catch a Glimpse of Canada's First Known European Robin

These 12,000-Year-Old Scraps of Elk Hide May Be the World's Oldest Known Examples of Sewing

'Yankee Doodle' Was One of America's Earliest Protest Songs. But Its Origins Are Shrouded in Mystery

With an Experiment in Their Basement Photo Lab, Two Brothers Created a Paint That Outshines Them All

When Coyotes Threatened Livestock on Central Texas Ranches, the Solution Was to Unlock an Ancient Ability in Dogs

An Elephant's Trunk Is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests

These Emily Carr Paintings Will Make You Experience the Beauty of British Columbia's Landscapes in a Completely New Way

Five Things to Know About 'Wuthering Heights,' Author Emily Brontë's Only Novel

Will a Dazzling Display of Wildflowers Spread Across California This Spring?

Earth's Core Might Hold Dozens of Oceans Worth of Hydrogen, Hinting at the Origins of the Planet's Vast Water Supply

Seabird Poop May Have Fueled This Pre-Inca Kingdom's Rise to Power in South America

A Metal Detectorist Unearthed This Heart-Shaped Tudor Pendant. Now, the British Museum Has Raised Millions to Put It on Public Display

Gallop Into the Year of the Horse With These Five Amazing Equine Discoveries

Commemorate Presidents’ Day With 15 Images That Celebrate the Founding Fathers

Why a Marine Ecologist Was Thrilled to See a Critically Endangered Bird Very Far From Home

Archaeology Students Unearth an Early Medieval Burial Pit During a Training Dig in England

A Football-Size Creature That Lived 307 Million Years Ago May Have Been One of the First Land Vertebrates to Eat Plants

You Can Buy a Rare Broadside Copy of the Declaration of Independence From July 1776

A Massive Monkey Research Center Might Turn Into a Primate Sanctuary. Animal Activists Rejoice, While Scientists Worry

Norman Rockwell's Painting of the Crestfallen Chicago Cubs Is Now on View at the Art Institute of Chicago

Scientists Say They May Have Found a Long-Lost Lunar Lander—the First to Successfully Touch Down on the Moon 60 Years Ago

This 14-Year-Old Is Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy

How the Easy-Bake Oven, an Appliance That Allowed Kids to Heat Treats With a Light Bulb, Revolutionized the Toy Industry

Feeling More Hate Than Love This Valentine's Day? Send Snarky 'Vinegar Valentines' to Your Enemies Like the Victorians Did

The Tragedy of the Alps’ Disappearing Glaciers for Those Who Live, Visit and Ski There

Ice Fishermen Catch Record-Breaking 244-Pound Atlantic Halibut After Hours-Long Struggle

Have We Reached the Final Days of the Mass-Market Paperback?

A Gray Wolf Visited Los Angeles County for the First Time in a Century, Marking a Major Milestone in the Species' Recovery

The U.S.'s Only Particle Collider Recreated Moments From the Early Universe. Now, It Has Closed—to Make Way for a New Instrument