Ten minutes before the beginning of class, Professor Douglas Boin walks into the classroom and sets down his briefcase. Rather than beginning to set up for his lecture, Boin turns to two students ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of wordplay and conscious undermining of literary formats he popularized.

Artist Keith Haring may have popularized the phrase “art is for everybody” about four decades ago, but the statement remains ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Aquaculture is nothing new. It has a long, fascinating history that stretches from antiquity at least 8,000 years ago. What is new is the evolution of aquaculture in modern times into highly intensive ...

Lauren Gunderson's "anthropology," now at Rogue Machine Theatre, and Jordan Harrison's "Marjorie Prime," opening on Broadway ...

The California governor mocked the Trump administration’s “Remigrate” tweet by sharing a History Channel graphic of the president’s own family immigration history. Lead Global Correspondent California ...

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivered a stark warning during a Monday press conference on Day 13 of the government shutdown. "We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history ...

The federal government has experienced 22 funding gaps since 1976, including the current one. Many have generally lasted a handful of days. The recent October 2025 shutdown will reach 13 days by the ...