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As giant turbines pop up offshore, changes to underwater habitat and sediment will come, too.

One of the most influential historical documentaries of all time almost didn't get made.

Were shopgirls selling more than scents at the perfume counter? Three investigators were determined to find out.

With men mostly absent, women and children dominated a small city called Darmstadt. Then "fire night" came.

American biology textbooks supposedly became less scientific after the Scopes trial. One scholar argues that this isn't the whole story.

Mating snails stab each other with barbs to increase chances of paternity.

The pandemic helped establish homeschooling as a fixture among educational options in the US. But it’s been around—and gaining in popularity—for a while.

They didn't have to do anything besides stand around and look pretty. At least, that was the myth the studios wanted the public to believe.

Movie portrayals of faculty may influence the ideas about professors that students bring to the first day of class.