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After years of excavation and study, archaeologists have restored the Küsterberg burial site to its original layout to ...

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

Isaac Wright was detained for climbing the Empire State Building's spire in 2024. The photo he took during the climb was on ...

At 89 years old, the Historic Hangar is the oldest building on CLT property. In this image, staff and volunteers back a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 into the newly restored hangar. Dron ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Freedom House Ambulance Service set the standard for emergency medical care, laying the groundwork for the services available today ...