The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Op-ed: From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, reveals the long pattern of Black Americans ...

As the American Chemical Society enters its 150th year, C&EN recalls just some of the society’s illustrious roster of ...

The Water Guardians blocked several channel switches along a canal, and brought thousands of gallons of spa water streaming ...

Carnival in Louisiana and around the world is rooted in Christian and Roman Catholic traditions. It’s marked by feasting, ...

She was trying to prove the structure of the B form of DNA through mathematical computations and more than 100 hours of ...

Innovation doesn’t always mean creating something entirely new. Some of the most remarkable breakthroughs come from observing ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

He built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu, and Timbuktu became a very important commercial city, having caravan connections with ...

As part of the Orlando Sentinel’s 150th birthday, on the first Sunday of each month we will report on a topic that helped ...

We have some fancy names for certain styles of foods such as charcuterie for a tray of appetizers and etouffee for shrimp ...