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It is unlikely everyone will agree, but these are the vessels that truly stood out over the past century of aircraft carrier... Read More

History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new... Read More

A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have... Read More

A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a... Read More

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years... Read More

This is a near-author’s cut of an essay entitled “Odysseus Lost” that was published by Chronicles on January 26, 2024. The Chronicles... Read More

An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the... Read More

“Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power,” the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, “and... Read More

Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy... Read More

According to some polls, Joe Biden and the Democrats may be heading towards a grim outcome in November. Not only does the Senate map favor... Read More

When a variant of Mad Cow Disease moved from cattle to humans in the mid-1990s, fear ensued and the British economy lost billions. Read More

The theory that money emerged naturally encourages people to believe free markets are natural systems in which governments only interfere.... Read More

School might be out for summer, but for those of us needing extra credit in the world of aesthetics, objects, and their meaning, the team... Read More

War is a noble and heroic undertaking. That’s what we tell ourselves, anyway. When we think of events like the Civil War or World War... Read More

Jonathan Yeo’s painting of King Charles III has prompted both admiration and bemusement, but it’s far from the first royal... Read More

Thanks to a new series starring Michael Douglas, Franklin is enjoying a renaissance. But as Eric Weiner discovers, the printer, publisher and... Read More

Will today’s Cold War confrontation end auspiciously, the way the first one did, or will it slide through strategic miscalculations on... Read More

The remains of a 17-year-old soldier from Michigan who went missing in action during the Korean War have been accounted for, the Defense... Read More

Scientists found hundreds of recent examples from around the globe of hunters using "endurance pursuits" to tire out their prey, furthering... Read More

1970's fashion saw women embrace a bold new course in denim, pants, and easy-wearing polyester suiting. Hippie romanticism gave way to disco... Read More

Tornadoes are among the most powerful natural disasters and can wreak havoc on communities, organizations and businesses. They have happened... Read More