The copy of "Harmonia Macrocosmica" dates back to the 17th century and includes ancient theories of the universe ...

Revealed by melting snow in the Alps, the imprints in rock were left by reptiles and amphibians during the Permian period, ...

The devices were used to track movement and measure productivity—an insightful foreshadowing of our current preoccupation ...

How the dubious tradition of song-sharking led to a strangely beautiful repository of folk art ...

Too late to save the ivory-billed woodpecker, Arthur Allen changed science forever with his seemingly simple idea ...

An exhibition at the Getty Center shows that the painting's pigment faded over many years, creating the hue that art lovers ...

And first-century Celtic druids apparently used mistletoe to make a sacred fertility elixir—one historic use that presaged ...

In the young, tiny nation, inventive chefs are putting their own twists on classic regional dishes, using river trout, ...

Survivors of the whale attack drifted at sea for months, succumbing to starvation, dehydration—and even cannibalism ...

As Forbes ’ Leslie Katz reports, Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church, encouraged the Fabbrica di San Pietro ...

Patients, Pioneers, Artists" spotlights the women who influenced the Austrian neurologist—and the field of psychoanalysis ...

Cue the panda cam: The Zoo’s two newest residents, Bao Li and Qing Bao, will make their debut in January Lonnie G. Bunch III ...