Our passports have been gathering some dust since the start of this pandemic, so maybe it’s time we took a moment to find out more about them and consider just how they came to be so important in our lives.

New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"

The bags had marijuana in them.

The 19th-century whale hunt was a brutal business, awash with blubber, blood, and the cruel destruction of life. But between the frantic calls of “there she blows!”, there was plenty of time for creation too. Jessica Boyall explores the rich vein of illustration running through the logbooks and journals of Nantucket whalers.

Readers say coin commemorating the author of The War of the Worlds gives his alien tripod a fourth leg and The Invisible Man the wrong kind of hat

Visiting a museum? This guide will help you identify any Roman Emperor bust or sculpture in front of you by simply looking at his beard!

Until 2021, Americans had confronted federal authority with armed aggression just four times.

During the pandemic, an anthropologist finds new meaning in the everyday ritual of preparing and drinking coffee.

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By Natalie MarchantThe Great American Rail-Trail will be almost 6,000km when complete, and will serve 50 million people within 80km of the route.T

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These companies might have survived COVID and a recession, but will they survive 2021?

Stream these free programs and more this January through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

Developers, translators, and human calculators, these 13 men and women made the world a better place through IT.

Turn your tree scraps into a tasty treat.

Paleontologists uncovered a great deal about the “terrible lizards” this year

Plenty's vertical farm in San Fransisco uses 99% less land, 95% less water, recycled plastic packaging, and is powered by renewable energy.

Although it was the language of sacred texts and ritual, modern Hebrew wasn't spoken in conversation till the late nineteenth century.

Early this fall, as companies began hiring executives to make remote work a long-term reality, a buzzy new job gained traction in Silicon Valley: The Director of Remote Work.

All too often forgotten in dusty attics today, for centuries, lacework was all about how you flaunted your individuality. Lace helped you tell a story by weaving a veritable comic book strip of characters on the cuff of your sleeve.