A newly digitized set of records reveal the plight and bravery of enslaved people in the North ...

An expedition this summer documented signs of deterioration on the wreck, but it also rediscovered the Diana of Versailles ...

Written by Smithsonian botanist W. John Kress, the book details more than 300 North American tree species in words, maps and ...

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During World War II, British officer Dudley Clarke led A Force, a Cairo-based military unit that fed false information to the ...

The short blade’s hilt was made in Edo Japan, and its journey to a German cellar destroyed during World War II is a mystery ...

When American military personnel were deployed across Europe, the Pacific and the United States in World War II, official war ...

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The True Story of MI5’s Secret Nazi Hunter. For 16 years, he was Bloomberg’s U.K. political correspondent. He lives in London.

Volcanic eruptions long ago brought the 2,492-carat diamond—the latest in a string of stunning discoveries over the last ...

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The pinnipeds are resting on San Carlos Beach as part of their annual northward journey from the Channel Islands, prompting ...