Olduvai Gorge continues to reveal details about the lives of the hominids, some of them our ancestors, from more than a million years ago.

What does the research say about welfare encouraging single parenting, as conservative critics have long charged? 

UFOs are much older than the Cold War's flying saucers. These 1897 and 1909 sightings of flying machines were the talk of the town. 

From an Australian caterpillar that carries around its old heads to exploding ants, insect defense isn't all that different from Game of Thrones.

Once upon a time, it felt appropriate to make April Fools' jokes...

Constance Fenimore Woolson was a renown American Realist writer in her day, but has since almost disappeared. Two new books attempt to change that. 

Scott Kelly has returned from a year in orbit. How has he fared? Turns out space flight really does do a number on the body.

The role of the First Lady is undefined and dependent on the woman in the role, but it's a politically fraught one for all of them. 

The humor in inventing fake animals comes from the fact that the audience is in on the joke. Nevertheless, the line between satire and hoax can be fuzzy.

Artist John Preus maintains a professional design studio that uses 2nd hand materials, including discarded furniture from closed Chicago Public Schools.