The hydraulic telegraph, a telecommunications device invented by ancient Greeks, allowed the sending of long distance ...

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Imagine a world without the glow of your screen, the hum of your fridge, or the instant communication across continents.

Advertised online as an educational program with no screens and no politics, the Fairhaven Program isn’t a formal school, and students don’t get transcripts or credit. The enrollment of 10 is a ...

President Trump's celebration of Jimmy Kimmel's (now brief) and Stephen Colbert's (still happening) removal from the air — along with his calls for canceling other late-night comedians — may feel very ...

A near-complete skeleton found on the UK's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur—a type ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago and many are ...

Counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia left an unforgettable impression on everyone who saw it. Completed in 466 B.C.E. after eight years of construction, ...

Though WhiteHouse.gov has always been a place to showcase the administration’s agenda, it has mostly looked like the website ...