There for people forced to flee for over 70 years. Initially, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, was established in the aftermath of the Second World War to help the millions of Europeans who had fled or ...

Coronaviruses are a big family of different viruses. Some of them cause the common cold in people. Others infect animals, including bats, camels, and cattle. But how did SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus ...

British lighting production house Mathmos has garnered recognition for its iconic lava lamps ever since its foundation in 1963. The way the lava moves within the lamp provides a hypnotic visual and ...

The World Wide Web, known today simply as the Web, emerged as one of the major services to run on top of the Internet. By Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium and a principal ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Don't know much about history? These fascinating documentaries are a great way to immerse yourself in events that shaped the world. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may ...

Since its inception as the Strictly Stock Division, what is now the NASCAR Cup Series has evolved into one of the most popular sports in the world. In the beginning, race cars were driven off the ...

President Abraham Lincoln signs the Morrill Act, which granted public lands to any state that agreed to use the land sale proceeds to maintain a college teaching “agriculture and the mechanic arts.” ...

As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons and daughters from radical influences History Charles Oldrieve used ...

The U.S. military formed on June 14, 1775, during the American Revolution with the country’s first formal fighting force, the Continental Army. The Revolution was fought from 1775 to 1783, with ...

For some, history is just that: Something to be learned in a classroom — a collection of names and stories in thick textbooks. But there are many reasons history is important well beyond a midterm ...

Mountain Lake PBS is proud to celebrate Black History this February and all year round! February is Black History Month, a time to honor the important role African Americans play in the story of our ...