Published on this day in 1973, "The Gulag Archipelago" drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's experiences as a ...

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In a new exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, artists explore just what makes a space feel like home ...

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In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous ...

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The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centuries, but with the species now endangered, ...

A new film starring Timothée Chalamet tracks Dylan's evolution from an acoustic folk singer to a rock 'n' roll superstar ...

In 2018, fewer than 100 Sombrero ground lizards remained on Sombrero Island—but now, more than 1,600 of the critically ...