Columns

Two investors bought most of the buildings in downtown Brownsville, then let them fall into ruin. Now, the Rust Belt town's residents are fighting to bring it back to life.

Scientists compiled decades of data to reveal the continent hiding beneath millions of miles of ice.

Some of the moons orbiting Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus may hide deep saltwater expanses beneath their icy crusts.

Bethlehem Steel was the birthplace of skyscrapers, bridges, and battleships. What happened after the plant's furnaces went cold?

In the 1980s, archaeologists uncovered 168 ancient skeletons from the peat at the bottom of Windover Pond.

It’s been nearly 40 years since a reactor exploded at this Soviet nuclear power plant, but disaster has a long half-life.

Never a commercial success, the Long Island cheese pumpkin deserves a place in your Thanksgiving dessert.

Mysterious late-night visits, an undercover hunt for Hitler's horses, and a Picasso on the couch are business as usual for the Dutch sleuth.

Archaeologists have found the remains of hundreds of Iron Age fighters at Alken Enge—but they didn't die there.

Why do modern witches embrace "The Wicker Man"?

After decades in a Philadelphia shipyard, the last great American ocean liner may be destined for the seafloor.

The space rock taking a surprise swing around our planet is just visiting from Earth's asteroid belt.

Empty chairs, empty tables, and the dismantling of the American Dream.

The asteroid that exploded over Luzon was not a threat—but it was a victory for our planetary defense systems.

“It’s not just preserving seeds, it’s preserving our culture, our history, our way of life.”

Physicists recently created Coordinated Lunar Time, a time zone for our Moon.