Noah Oppenheim was interested in why the world hasn't already ended in nuclear apocalypse. In 'A House of Dynamite,' he ...

Art Deco turned 100 this year, and it doesn’t look a day over… Well, okay, so some of these buildings are in spectacular ...

Archaeologist and anthropologist Jerry Moore reviews the findings that explain a relationship marked first by fear and then ...

To fully grasp the band Soul Coughing and their debut album, Ruby Vroom, whose mix of hip-hop beats, samples, jazz, and rock sounded wildly fresh in the early days of “alternative music,” it helps to ...

Lascaux Caves, France The Lascaux Cave is a treasure trove for archaeologists around the globe. The cave complex contains pre ...

Not true! Dogs are not quite capable of seeing the full color spectrum that humans can, but it isn’t just shades of gray for your favorite pups. Dogs see the colors of the world in yellows, blues and ...

As we enter the third of December, the past few weeks have been filled with blockbusters and independent films for audiences to discover. From sci-fi fantasies to animated adventure comedies, this ...

Why do people wear clothes, and when did they start doing so? To answer this fundamental question, archaeologist Ian Gilligan of the University of Sydney went back to the beginning. “There’s little ...

What do you build with when trees are scarce and winters are brutal? For hunter-gatherers living in current-day Ukraine some 18,000 years ago, the answer was simple: mammoth bones. A recent research ...

There are few better ways to spend a long weekend than a movie marathon. If you have a lot of time on your hands over Christmas break or are looking to plan a fun and relaxing group activity to share ...