World leaders will gather for about two weeks in the former ... comes on the heels of the consequential re-election of the ...

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We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle ...

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She beat five other finalists from Canada, the U.S., Australia and the Netherlands, chosen from among 156 novels submitted by ...

Just minutes from Philadelphia, Edelman Fossil Park & Museum has created a dinosaur lovers’ haven that invites guests to dive ...

In “Four Points of the Compass,” Jerry Brotton explores the disorienting, dizzying history of our relationship to direction.

The work, now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tells the story of two characters on the island—the last people ...

A you-are-there documentary cuts between Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition, which was all filmed, and the 2022 attempt to ...