Not all Neanderthals were ‘cavemen’: half were women. What can archaeologists tell us about how they lived?

He was one of Africa’s richest moguls and helped unleash the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Then Félicien Kabuga vanished and stayed hidden for more than two decades—until recently, when the United Nations’ war crimes detectives picked up his trail and began to close in.

The whaling story behind 'Soon May the Wellerman Come' reminds us of the crucial connections between Māori and Europeans that shaped early 19th century settlement.

Scientists are only just starting to unravel why some viruses disappear, while others can linger and cause disease for centuries.

When radio was king, many outlets chose to cease broadcasting Father Charles Coughlin's anti-Semitic sermons

The United Kingdom is somewhat unique in the world for requiring those households which view broadcast television to purchase a licence for the privilege. Initially coming into being with the Wirel…

Relics from the favorite hideaway of ancient Rome’s most infamous tyrant have been recovered and put on display by archaeologists.

Many cultures refer to the Pleiades as “seven sisters” and tell similar stories about them. Why? Researchers suggest an answer in the motion of the stars.

Picture of wild pig made at least 45,500 years ago provides earliest evidence of human settlement in region

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.

New scholarship points to a paradox of historic scope: Our writing system was devised by people who couldn’t read

Secondary school teacher Lee Turnbull found the snaps in Devon just before Christmas

Walter Scott wrote fantasies about medieval Saxons—just the thing for Jazz Age Angelenos.

Republicans and Democrats in North Carolina are locked in a battle over which party inherits the shame of Jim Crow.

Early hominins succeeded by being generalists with basic, versatile tools.

His exhaustive coverage of the Vietnam War also led to the book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization’s fate. Now their judge weighs in.

Eric Green, head of the nation’s top genomics research institute, looks back on how far the field has come and shares his bold vision for the future.

Officials plan to host concerts and theater productions on the new, retractable platform

Much of the author’s work may have fallen into public ownership in the UK, but there are more restrictions on its use remaining than you might expect, explains his biographer