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When a surfer paddles out to catch a wave, their silhouette creates an image to a shark swimming below. Against a bright…

This article was originally published on Nov. 29, 2021. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was often the only woman in a room full of…

In February of 1997, a small group of friends and relatives went ice fishing on Moosehead Lake in Maine, not knowing what…

The trick to a successful search for fossils is finding the proper place. After all, paleontologists rarely select their sites at random.…

In the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 1910, Mary Hiller awoke inside the Chicago home she shared with her husband and…

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a new psychotherapy method used to treat people’s past trauma — or the painful…

A massive dust storm over Mongolia and China is revealed in magenta tones in this screenshot from a timelapse animation of Himawari-9…

If you went back in time and accidentally killed one of your ancestors, what would happen to you? When it comes to…

“Look in a mirror,” begins You Are All Sanpaku, a health book from 1965 written by macrobiotic advocate and anti-war protestor George…

In the late 1950s, dentist and US Navy Capt. Kirk C. Hoerman, then a young man in his 30s, attempted to answer…