Not since the launch of Sputnik has U.S. education seemed so ripe for reform
An unprecedented effort to reclaim the ancient temples from the Cambodian jungle is racing against a tourist onslaught
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Floridians raise a ruckus over manatees as biologists weigh prospects for the endangered species' survival
A new exhibition showcases Bearden's innovative collages and stakes a claim for him in the pantheon of 20th-century American artists
A cache of recently discovered letters darkens the British naval warrior's honor and enhances that of his long-suffering wife, Frances
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From gleeful schoolkids to a literary scholar who loves Humphrey Bogart, a photographer captures a reawakening but still wary city
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George E. Ohr's wild, wonderful pots gathered dust in a garage for half a century. Now architect Frank Gehry is designing a museum dedicated to the artist
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As archaeologists unearth a secret slave passageway used by abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, scholars reevaluate his reputation and that of James Buchanan
Archeologists uncover an early American settlement that history forgot
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When Sonny Liston decided not to meet the Beatles 40 years ago, photographer Harry Benson pulled a switcheroo
New research shows how microscopic diatoms remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and may help keep the planet from overheating
In the 1900s, health officials believed that puncturing supposedly disease-infested mail and then fumigating it slowed the spread of illness
Estate bequests by donors past and present keep the world's largest museum and research complex humming
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William Clark—a better explorer than speller—tells his older brother of the impending transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
The Polar Inuit's bond with the sled dog remains intact, thanks to a ban on snowmobiles. But the lure of technology threatens these "magnificent animals"
Is that a scowl or just disgust? Facial expressions can be harder to interpret than most of us realize, but help is on the way
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A Somali Bantu refugee family leaves 19th-century travails behind in Africa to take up life in 21st-century Phoenix
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada's Tories still raise their tankards to King George
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Pop artist James Rosenquist returns to the limelight with a dazzling retrospective of his larger-than-life works
The Navy is gone; the bombing has stopped. What happens to Puerto Rico's Vieques now?
