History shows we often dismiss what we don’t yet understand. Here’s why stigmatizing today’s uncomfortable questions may be holding humanity back.

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A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

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Around 1,000 years ago, a major climate shift reshaped rainfall across the South Pacific, making western islands like Samoa ...

As we marvel at the technology around us, we realize that we have the wealth of human knowledge at our fingertips. With just a quick swipe on our phone, we can see what the weather is in Brazil, find ...

David Nasaw thinks we owe Brokaw’s (and Ambrose’s and Spielberg’s) tale-telling and its legacy a second, and much more gimlet ...

Deep in the heart of northern Zambia, an astonishing archaeological find is reshaping our understanding of early human history. Hidden beneath the powerful ...

The United States once sold itself as a radical bet on human equality, self-government, and the rule of law, a political ...

Deep beneath Egypt’s catacombs lie massive alabaster boxes carved with precision that defies the tools of their time. No inscriptions, no explanations—just silent engineering that raises more ...

An exhibition in Gee’s Bend, AL tells the story of Dinah Miller’s arrival and her enduring influence on the community, its ...