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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here's How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

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Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a Request to Borrow Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks a Bitter Debate

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Enslaved and Free Workers Built Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Brick by Brick. Archaeologists Just Discovered One of the Kilns They Used

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Artemis 2 Astronauts Successfully Return to Earth After Completing a Historic Mission Around the Moon

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These Wild Chimps Have Been Fighting in a 'Civil War' for Nearly a Decade. It's the Bloodiest Split Ever Seen Among Their Kind

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This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory

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After Nearly 80 Years of Doubt, Scientists Say a Spear Lodged Between Elephant Ribs Offers Evidence That Neanderthals Hunted Big Game

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See 15 Sensational Scenes of Switzerland, Europe's Alpine Wonderland That's Beautiful No Matter the Season

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This Fashion Designer Collaborated With Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau to Imagine Fabulous Surrealist Ensembles

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The James Webb Space Telescope and the Parker Solar Probe Changed How We See the Universe. Now, Their Models Have Found a Home at the Smithsonian

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As Their Antarctic Habitat Melts Away, Emperor Penguins Are Now Considered an Endangered Species

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Octopus Sex Just Got Weirder. In Addition to Depositing Sperm, Males' Specialized Mating Arm Can 'Taste' Female Hormones

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A Mysterious, Monumental Scroll on Public Display for the First Time Paints a Picture of Artistic Fusion in Colonial India

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Chiringuitos Offer the Quintessential Beach Bar Experience on Spain's Costa del Sol

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Jesus's Burial Cloth or Medieval Forgery? DNA Evidence Further Complicates the Debate Over the Shroud of Turin

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What Lies Beyond Artemis 2? These Other Missions Are Setting Their Sights on the Moon This Year—and on a Future With Humans in Space

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A Small Rodent Hero Left a Giant Legacy. Now, Cambodia Honors This Famous Bomb-Sniffing Rat With a Seven-Foot Statue

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This Punjabi Princess Fought for Women's Suffrage and Sheltered Refugees During World War II. A Goddaughter of Queen Victoria, She Rejected British Imperialism

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Long Before Machine Guns, Ancient Roman Troops Used This 2,000-Year-Old Rapid-Fire Weapon in Pompeii, New Research Suggests

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Hear From a Wildlife Photographer's Dramatic Glimpse Into the Dwindling World of the Cascade Red Fox

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