Using whole-genome data from approx. 350 contemporary and historical mosquitoes, researchers, led by Princeton University and including scientists from London’s Natural History Museum, show that the ...

By this point in the interpretive history, Nimrod has become a full-fledged villain. He is the builder of the Tower of Babel, ...

The origins of many holiday traditions are shrouded in mystery, a hodgepodge of beliefs steeped in myths, folklore, legends, ...

You can park your car and climb up to the top for views that stretch across the Minnesota River valley like a green carpet ...

This post is dedicated to men, however you define yourselves. Because right now there’s so much talk circulating about ...

Harriman State Park sits in the striking Ramapo Mountains, straddling Orange and Rockland counties like a green giant taking a nap across the Hudson Valley. The park was part of a generous land ...

Planning activities for teenagers can feel like an impossible mission - they're too old for kid stuff but not quite ready for ...

Nearly 4000 years ago, and 1500 years before Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash, the Bronze Age city of Akrotiri was ...

New research has uncovered the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus, also known as the ...

A variety of subway-dwelling mosquito seems like a modern artifact. But genomic analysis reveals the insect got its evolutionary start millennia ago.

Scientists have uncovered a mysterious relic from an area of the moon that has never been explored by humans until now.

When news stories ignore the past, the audience sometimes struggles to fully understand the issue. Because of this, history ...