Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 ...

To raise awareness for a charity event, aspiring engineers planted six UFOs across southern England on a single day in 1967 ...

A new exhibition spotlights a trio who pushed the boundaries of American art and illustrated the experiences of World War II ...

November's spectacle closes out a series of four big and bright full moons that have captivated sky watchers since late ...

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...

After the volcanic eruption of 1980, scientists released the burrowing rodents for only a brief time, but their activities ...

Staffers at the Dorchester County Historical Society in Maryland were baffled by the unusual machine, so they asked the ...

However, dinosaurs were only established as a group in the 1840s and no one was yet thinking about dinosaur eggs. As this ...

Scientists are seeing signs of resistance to the infections that have been wiping out the world’s amphibian populations—and ...

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