A search team has discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale more than 150 years ago. The Lac La Belle left Milwaukee in ...

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How the two primary people of the gold discovery in California failed to cash in. On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River. James Marshall, the first to find it, never made a ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient landscapes at heights of up to 8 meters. They had smooth trunk-like pillars and ...

Before trees came along some 400 million years ago, our planet’s landscape was dominated by enigmatic, spire-shaped life-forms that towered more than 25 feet above the ground. Their trunklike fossils ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ...

What makes a conspiracy theorist? Is it poor education, an overactive imagination, a tinfoil hat? According to one recent study, it isn’t any of that stuff, but instead something psychologically ...

In 2025, scientists have named several new dinosaur species and are learning new facts about the remarkable lives of dinosaurs. Paleontologists have found a 'Dragon price' dinosaur — which may be a ...

If there’s ever a creature you would not want to bump heads with, it is Zavacephale rinpoche. This dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia lived 108 million years ago, making it the oldest of its kind ...

She pointed to evidence that the Earth’s inner core was solid — not liquid, as scientists had believed — a discovery that was ahead of its time. Inge Lehmann in 1932. She overcame discrimination in ...

Dr. Larry Denneau of the University of Hawaii is nothing like your typical astronomer. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

On this day (December 10) in 1951, Jaun Raoul Davis Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, Texas. However, the world remembers him as Johnny Rodriguez. He was discovered by a pair of country legends who ...