On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V enfeebled and ill, clearing the way for his young daughter, Mary, ...

Makenzie Van Eyk wrote the letter as part of a class project in 1998, when she was in fourth grade. Recently, the note was ...

Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film celebrates Londoners' resilience in the face of an eight-month Nazi aerial ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

The invention uses light, sound and bubbles to quickly create copies of soft tissue that might one day support testing ...

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974.

In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers describe the youngest transiting planet ever found. It’s ...

The "Gladiator" sequel centers on Lucius Verus, the secret son of Russell Crowe's character from the 2000 film. Both men ...

A handwritten note by Richard William Smith, a British businessman who perished in the disaster, is heading to the auction ...

Maurizio Cattelan’s perishable piece soared above the pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million and was the subject of an intense ...

Wildlife caretakers released the bird into the Southern Ocean after he'd put on some weight and regained his strength ...

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society ...