The Enigma of the Lost USS R-12 Submarine In June 1943, the USS R-12, a WWII submarine, vanished mysteriously during a r ...

The market always tends to bring people together in peace, neither compelling nor forbidding exchanges. This is why racists ...

A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis -- which, among other claims, suggests that humans first ...

Georgetown University announced the three inaugural winners of the Magis Prize, which awards $100,000 in research funding and two semesters of leave to associate professors who demonstrate exceptional ...

M embers of the San and Khoe Indigenous populations of southern Africa can still trace much of their genetic ancestry back to ...

The now extinct species of panda was found in Germany for the first time and its teeth offer clues to its lifestyle.

Robots have entered the battlefield: a video shows the strengths and limitations of uncrewed ground vehicles as a Ukrainian UGV leads the attack on Russian position.

What makes this finding so significant is that it confirms what some archaeologists and anthropologists have suspected for ...

September 20 has been a pivotal date in history, marking significant events that have shaped the world as we know it.

Now, most observers have little doubt that the end is just a matter of timing and circumstance. Ten years ago, I predicted ...

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The origins of beauty contests extend back for centuries; the modern pageant can be traced to the United States and the 1921 Miss America Pageant. Hollywood films and newsreels helped spread the ...