For a new study, physicists visualized and quantified the tear-producing droplets that get expelled from onions when they're ...

British artist and writer Ithell Colquhoun was a pioneer of Surrealist “automatism,” creating images from charcoal shavings ...

Workers found crates packed with swastika-covered notebooks, postcards and photographs while preparing to move the court's ...

A journey to the remote Indian Ocean island reveals the story behind the fragrant, delicious, ubiquitous spice—and the ...

From childhood cartoons to thoughtful self-portraits, the acclaimed Southern writer was always a keen observer of her ...

A new study suggests two fossil trackways found in Australia were made by an early amniote, a group that today includes ...

British officers and crew members set out in search of the Northwest Passage on HMS "Erebus" and HMS "Terror." None returned ...

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

The double-pedestal light fixture brought in $7.5 million. It was designed around 1903 for the Susan Lawrence Dana House, a ...

Scientists on Panama's Jicarón Island were mystified by photos and videos of young male capuchins carrying howler monkeys on their backs for days at a time ...

Observations of Coiba's tool-using immature capuchin monkeys show them carrying abducted infant howler monkeys. What is the ...

A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior ...