Cultural traditions such as mariachi and hula are being shepherded by a new generation

Research into James Baldwin's archives reveals incisive details about the writer's personal relationships, both platonic and romantic, with other men

Nearly two million people worldwide have lost the simple ability to feel steady. Now researchers have developed an experimental medical implant that promises to restore the sensory machinery responsible for balance

A new study suggests that a 9,000-year-old society in Catalhoyuk, a proto-city in southern Anatolia, may have established a "female-centered" social structure

In her dazzling portraits of a metropolis on the rise, Berenice Abbott captured the city that never sleeps

Your feedback on pioneering pilot Bessie Coleman, the joy of cave exploring and the bittersweet history of vanilla

The vagrant kelp gull mated with a local herring gull, though the chick did not survive. Experts say it's a "complete mystery" how the bird came to nest so far north in the first place

Bagels, knishes, bialys and more are popping up in bakeries as the country reckons with historical trauma

The newly discovered vessel is one of 79 known dugout canoes that have been unearthed throughout the state

The burial belonged to a child who may have lived among fishermen from the Chancay culture, which thrived in Peru before the rise of the Inca Empire

The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main operations facility for the first time in 12 years

On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 people died, and hundreds were injured

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm the ozone layer

The ceramic vessels contained the bones of pre-Columbian Indigenous people, as well as fish, frog and turtle remains

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the Atlantic Ocean, though other factors may also be at play

Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have served a different purpose

The quintessential superhero has always stood for truth and justice, but the final part of his catchphrase has morphed to match a more connected world—and his place in it

Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, according to new research

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking near the southern horizon