The new year once started in March—here's why,For starters, January didn’t exist for the...
History & Culture
This empress was the most dangerous woman in Rome,Messalina's sex life got Romans gossiping,...
Europe’s taste for frog legs obscures the ‘extreme cruelty’ of the trade,Millions of wild...
What causes turbulence, and what can you do if it happens to you?,Here’s the...
A man’s world? Not according to biology or history.,For proof, we can look to...
9 things to know about Holi, India’s most colorful festival,Here’s the meaning behind the...
Want to see glow-in-the-dark mushrooms? Visit Brazil’s other rain forest,An emerging ecotourism industry hopes...
Why evenings can be harder on people with dementia—and how to cope,As the sun...
What causes turbulence, and what can you do if it happens to you?,Here’s the...
New AI may pass the famed Turing Test. This is the man who created...
What does cancer smell like? These animals can sniff it out,It’s not just dogs:...
To reach an uninhabited island, this mountain lion did ‘something totally unexpected’,These cats can...
Rest in … compost? These ‘green funerals’ offer an eco-friendly afterlife.,Traditional burial and cremation...
Anyone can discover a fossil on this beach—if you wait out the tides,In New...
What are wetlands, and why are they so critical for life on Earth?,These unique...
Jimmy Carter on the greatest challenges of the 21st century,In Nat Geo's February 2002...
