Crossing the Thames: the Many London Bridges
The London Bridge has been an iconic structure in film, literature, and nursery rhyme, but the br...
Where Did the Moon Come From?
So much of what we know about distant space is a mystery, but even our closest cosmic neighbor re...
Libyan Desert Glass: The Rock of God
Scattered among the Sahara’s billowing dunes, hidden amongst the grains of sand, lie small glassy...
Hadrosaurs: Master Herbivores of the Late Cretaceous
By the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, dinosaur populations stagnated, struggling under the climate ...
Dimetrodons: Deadly Mammalian Ancestors
280 million years ago, the Dimetrodon roamed the Earth, an apex predator at the top of the Permia...
Towering over Japan: The Story of Mount Fuji
With a height of 3,776 meters (12,385 ft), Mount Fuji is the highest mountain across the Japanese...
Vlad Tepes III: The Real Dracula
The connection between Bram Stoker’s vampire Count Dracula and the historical Vlad Dracula is oft...
Alcatraz: The History of the Rock
Inhospitable and inescapable, the Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island housed some of the most...
Roman Arrows: Weapon of an Empire
Today, the ancient Romans are remembered for their military tactics and sprawling empire, but the...
The U.S. Capitol: Building Democracy
In 1800, when only the first of its wings had been completed, the United States Capitol held its ...
Carcharodontosaurus: The Moroccan Superpredator
Deadly, gigantic, and hungry, the Carcharodontosaurus was one of the most fearsome predators of t...
The Space Shuttles: 30 Years of Flight
During its three decades of operation, NASA's Space Shuttle program delivered 133 successful miss...
Ichthyosaur and the Origins of Paleontology
During the Mesozoic Era, as the shifting continents were stalked by lumbering Tyrannosaurus and f...
Finding Fossils at Mazon Creek
At Mazon Creek in Illinois, collectors gather to search the riverside for ancient stones that...
The Teeth of the Cave Bear
Over 25,000 years ago, the massive cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, shared the planet with our early an...
The Last Flight of the Hindenburg
On May 3, 1937 the Hindenburg set off on its final transatlantic flight from Frankfurt, Germany t...
Living off the Land: The Oreodonts of North America
At the end of the Eocene, Earth’s ecosystems began to change. A shift in climate and a decline in...
The Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana
Oftentimes weddings are tight-knit affairs, a bride and groom surrounded by friends and family, b...
To the Moon and Back: The Story of Apollo 11
On this day, July 20, fifty-four years ago, human beings first walked on the surface of the moon....
Portals to the Past: The La Brea Tar Pits
In the heart of Los Angeles’ sprawling cityscape, a rare geological phenomenon offers a glimpse ...
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali In and Out of the Ring
In 1964, a loud, handsome boxer from Louisville, Kentucky shocked the sports world by beating the...
Age of Vikings: Bridging the Old and New Worlds
In 793 CE, a longship appeared off the coast of Lindisfarne, a small English island that held lit...
Inventing the Future: Steve Jobs and Apple
Beginning life as the adopted son of working-class parents, Steven Paul Jobs rose to the height o...
Creating Tatooine: Filming Star Wars in Tunisia
When George Lucas sought out a location to stand in for a “galaxy far, far away,” he settled on T...
A Millennia of Chain Mail
Bookended by the collapse of the western Roman Empire in 476 and the beginnings of the Renaissanc...
California's Gateway: Building the Golden Gate Bridge
From the comfort of the present day, the Golden Gate Bridge seems like an inevitability, as much ...
Shrinking the World: The First Transatlantic Cable
Ten years after Samuel F. B. Morse sent the first telegraph message in 1844, the world was hooked...
Woolly Mammoths: Giants of the Pleistocene
Beneath the surface of the North Sea, a graveyard from another chapter of the Earth’s history lie...
Starting off Small: The Study of Dinosaur Eggs
The egg is an incredible natural structure designed to protect and support a growing body until i...
Is the Megalodon Still Alive? (Nope)
Sometimes the line between the animal kingdom and mythological creatures is a blurry one. The Oto...
Triceratops: More Than T-Rex Food
In the popular imagination, Triceratops is too often understood simply in the context of its pred...
The Fastest Computer in the World: Seymour Cray and the Cray-1
Computer advancement is always a matter of miniaturization. Data that once took a car-sized compu...
When the Sky Fell: The Chelyabinsk Impact
Ten years ago today, a flash of light streaked across the sky over Western Russia. For a brief mo...