Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day ...

These lines in the mud are now pushing scientists to rethink the origin story of the Americas. In 2021, a first analysis of these footprints found that they were between 21,000 and 23,000 years old.

Mud never lies,” added University of Arizona archaeologist Vance Holliday, whose new work has turned a century of hypothesis ...

For road trip enthusiasts collecting offbeat attractions, the FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard checks every box for a must-see destination. It’s unique, photogenic, accessible, and offers an experience ...

One of the most remarkable aspects of Cedar Bog is its role as a living museum of plants that have survived since the last ice age – botanical time travelers that persist here while having disappeared ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Oooh and ahh as America caps its 249th birthday with dazzling fireworks on the National Mall in D.C. If you don’t feel like jostling for the best viewing spots, your local PBS s ...

A new analysis of historical jet stream behavior reveals that increases in jet stream waviness accounted for 55-71% of winter ...

For the last six years, the globe's top beer tourism destination has been quietly inviting brewers to the Czech Republic to ...

Podcaster Show PlayerThose ridges are called end moraines and were formed during the Wisconsin glacial episode, popularly known as the last Ice Age. As the glaciers began retreating some 20,000 to ...

Spying on glacial ice The signal showing Himalayan ice loss linked to rising temperatures would not be so clear if it weren’t for the U.S. spy satellites—KH-9 Hexagon military satellites from ...