In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

When Dan Brown finally returned in 2025 with The Secret of Secrets—the sixth Robert Langdon adventure—the world that devoured ...

~ The premature eating. Zohar I 36b–37a describes Adam’s sin as eating “before its time,” and says that had he waited until Shabbat, the fruit would have been permitted and the world perfected. The ...

More than five hundred years ago, Michelangelo unveiled the vault of the Sistine Chapel—one of the supreme masterpieces of ...

In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen's accidental discovery of X-rays marked the moment science learned to look beyond surfaces, fusing ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

The landmark triennial is part of the Hampden Gallery’s 50th anniversary celebration, a milestone that honors the gallery’s ...

From ancient philosophers who saw the heart as the seat of the soul to modern cardiologists mapping electrical impulses, ...

Vedantam, a veteran science reporter, joins WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to explore how unseen mental forces shape our choices, and why the show continues to resonate with listeners.

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...