The actress's greatest legacy might be the happiness she still inspires in so many people. More than 60 years after her death ...

For over a century, rumors about Queen Victoria's affair with her servant John Brown have persisted. Now a historian says she ...

Research increasingly suggests that nutrient sequencing—eating macronutrients like protein and fiber in a particular ...

Scientists and lawmakers alike are looking for ways to combat these invasive insects. But do they still present the same ...

Scientists found the 500-million-year-old fossil of a "penis worm" in the Grand Canyon—and reconstructed how the creature would have used its strange mouth to feed.

This year marks half a century since the end of the Vietnam War — a period the country commemorates through poignant museums ...

New imaging technology has allowed scientists to decipher the tattoos of an Iron Age mummy—and study them like never before.

New research traces the genetic ancestry of the popular root vegetable to a brief plant romance millions of years ago.

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Here's what we know about what caused the earthquake off Russia's Far East and why the tsunami it generated weren't as big as ...

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest ...

From coastal labs in Cornwall to country farms in Northumberland, the UK’s gin scene has an ever-expanding number of unique ...