A remarkable 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck discovered off the coast of Croatia has revealed an unprecedented story of ancient maritime maintenance. The Ilovik-Paržine 1 wreck, which sank during the ...

Ancient charcoal fossils reveal that massive wildfires swept across Earth’s forests 237 million years ago, reshaping our ...

Lonnie Lincoln (Eugene Byrd) is a deuteragonist in the slightly overlooked Disney Plus show, and he has a richer plot arc ...

The surprisingly sophisticated shipbuilding and repair techniques supported ancient navies across the Adriatic Sea.

A soldier’s wound, a makeshift apartment lab and a risky self experiment: how curiosity, chance, and persistence led to ...

A newly confirmed mass grave in ancient Jordan offers chilling insight into one of history’s first pandemics. Hundreds of ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to running coach Martin Dugard about his new book, "The Long Run," which details the growth of major marathon races and the cultural shifts that made running popular.

This year, we celebrate the most significant milestone in our Nation’s history: 250 glorious years of American independence. From the very beginning, our country has been blessed with countless black ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Throughout his career, historian Carter G. Woodson, AB’1908, AM’1908, worked to change how Americans thought about Black history. The University of Chicago alum began that mission when, in February ...

The administration is forcing National Park Service staff to censor science and history at parks. This is a violation of the core tenets of the National Park Service’s mission. UPDATE 1/29/2026: a ...

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than ...