Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about ...

As he prepares to release his latest series on the Revolutionary War, the filmmaker reflects on the history of the U.S. and his quest for truth.

The Stono Rebellion, in which a slave who could read, saw a leaflet from Spanish-held Florida, promising freedom to anyone who could get there. Stono and his compatriots fail. But their mere attempt ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

North Carolina is renowned for its music, creativity, and breathtaking mountain views, but its large-scale artworks offer ...

The fall also inspired a book, which inspired a game, which inspired the world’s richest man to lash out because his favorite ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

While the Vikings' quarterback room has dominated discussions coming out of Sunday's loss to the Eagles, Minnesota's defense is on the verge of making an unfortunate piece of franchise history in ...

Shannon Britt is making history as part of the blind U.S. team competing in the first-ever Women's T20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind. 5 arrested in deaths of Robert De Niro's grandson and Chris ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Ubisoft historians Thierry Noël and Eve Ben-Haïm reveal how Anno 117: Pax Romana brings the Roman Empire to life through ...