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In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

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

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The Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Greater Los Angeles transforms the concept of secondhand shopping into an adventure where thirty dollars can fill your arms with treasures that would cost hundreds ...

Tucked away in the quaint town of Gladbrook, Iowa exists a museum where ordinary wooden matchsticks have been transformed into extraordinary architectural masterpieces that will leave you speechless ...

MIT’s Daniela Rus is redefining robotics with empathy leading CSAIL and Liquid AI recent $250m series A to build technology ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.