In the first century B.C.E., a Roman ship sank near the Greek Island of Antikythera. In 1900 some off-course sponge divers discovered the wreckage.

Julia Ward Howe wrote her most famous poem, the legendary Civil War song, “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” in a single burst of inspiration 156 years ago.

White County, TN, averaged more than a million and a half gallons of moonshine a year at late as the 1950s.

Wooden Bog Butter Barrels are possibly the most beautiful things you can find in a bog.  But why did people throw their butter into bogs?

In the far off constellation of Hydra; two neutron stars collided, producing vast clouds of gold and other heavy elements. What's a neutron star anyway?

Crooning, a musical style of the late 1920s and early 1930s, was fraught with gender panic. Where the singers manly enough?

Has anything like the events depicted in The Young Pope ever happened before? The answer, you may be surprised to learn, is yes.

Language is the cognitive faculty that separates humans from other animals, but interjections have often been equated with the primitive cries of animals.

An interview with Lois Lowry reveals that the popular children's novel Number the Stars was based on a true story of resistance to the Nazis.

Plastic has become ubiquitous in our home and work lives, but is a pollutant that won't break down. Mushrooms may provide a sustainable alternative.