People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying ...

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Scientists warn that the world's sea ice - the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles - has plunged to a record low.

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Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

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U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

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It began with football, books and other pursuits. Now KJ Kearney, founder of Black Food Fridays, is a successful social media ...