But 50 years ago this December, the hottest gift in America was something you could literally have found in your backyard. That would be a pet rock, that came in a cardboard box with a 36-page ...
The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...
When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail — to find someone who would fool the people into giving him complete ...
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Guadalajara will also be one of 16 cities across Canada, the US, and Mexico to play host to the much-awaited 2026 FIFA World Cup—as will Boston, on this list for its emergence as a vibrant and dynamic ...
A major archaeological discovery near Sturgeon Lake First Nation territory, the traditional home of the Plains Cree territory in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, is reshaping history, ...
Podemski, an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles, debuts with an expansive history of North American housing design. Drawing on examples from nine cities—Boston, Chicago, Houston, L.A., New ...
A menacing 50-degree slope and 9,000 feet straight down: that’s the terrain American mountaineer Jim Morrison tackled when he became the first person to ski the most difficult route on Everest, the ...
Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out the relationships and adaptations of these “absolutely bonkers” herbivores ...
A major archaeological discovery near Sturgeon Lake First Nation territory, the traditional home of the Plains Cree territory in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, is reshaping history, ...
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