Historians have debunked many of the popular theories surrounding the tune's creation. Still, its legacy as a patriotic ...

The Mother Tongue Film Festival is hosted by Recovering Voices, an initiative of the Smithsonian founded in response to the global crisis of cultural knowledge and language loss. Visit the Mother ...

The water torture cell escape was arguably Houdini’s most memorable stunt. So much so that many people wrongly assume it killed him–a myth invented by the 1953 movie about his life starring Tony ...

Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and breathe. If you take a ...

An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery examines the artist's attempts to capture nature's true essence, which she described as "the green idea or ideal" ...

Beyond the chocolates and roses of Valentine’s Day, the world is full of unique courtship customs and enduring love legends.

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Indigenous groups in present-day Oregon stitched the fragments together using cord made from plant fiber and animal hair.

The famed 1847 book inspired numerous adaptations, including a new version directed by Emerald Fennell in theaters this week ...

The teenager was researching the Miura-ori fold when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and wildfires raged in ...

Superblooms are rare events that occur when conditions perfectly align. Officials hope that visitors will be able to see brightly colored landscapes in the weeks ahead ...

Scientists have long debated whether most of Earth's vital liquid was delivered via icy comets or was homemade ...