Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

America’s debts — Revolutionary and Republican — to Rome resonate 250 years after Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. Mr. Iaconis is an author and educator who embraces Giuseppe Verdi’s dictum: ...

The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” an adaptation of Homer’s foundational saga, one of the major ...

This documentary uncovers the full evolutionary timeline of prehistoric creatures that shaped North America long before humans appeared. It examines how early species adapted to violent climatic ...

In Seeking Beauty, former Disney star David Henrie travels through some of Europe s most historically rich cities exploring ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

Dick Van Dyke marks a century reflecting on the lessons he’s learned — plus a new documentary helps celebrate the milestone ...

The sound of a choir performing in a cathedral is iconic for a reason. It’s this beautiful human experience: being side-by-side with other people, feeling the sound vibrate through you, reverberating ...

A new Taylor Swift documentary series, End of An Era, has premiered on Disney+, and if you want to watch it without breaking the bank, there’s an easy way to stream it for free right now. Any Swiftie ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...