Electric cars were first introduced in the late 1890s, but they didn't catch on.

So-called sustainable commercial logging is not sustainable.

Frank Herbert's novel Dune, the best selling science-fiction novel of all time, celebrates it's 50th birthday and is still read in innovative ways.

ISIS militants destroyed two of Palmyra' most important structures, the Temple of Baalshamin and the Temple of Bel, both of which had stood for 2,000 years.

The family room was a post-WWII invention, a sign of new affluence and middle class aspirations.

Venom is used by some surprising animals, including mammals.

Zero-gravity gardening: why growing plants in space isn't the same as here on Earth.

A historical survey of early 20th century teaching finds students being taught their place in the socioeconomic system.

In the University of Texas library, our writer found a previously unknown audiotape of an interview with a woman who'd been born into slavery.

The language we use for people fleeing their home nations may define them as less than human.