When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet some of these giant structures vanished deep into the mantle, hidden from ...

Rediscovered ancient text says Christ appeared to the Wise Men as a "star-child" Dec. 23, 2010— -- An ancient text called the "Revelation of the Magi," has been rediscovered and tells a very ...

A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search ...

At Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery, the city’s oldest operating cemetery, history can be seen in every direction – etched on the gravestones, mausoleums and monuments of founders, pioneers, ...

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