"The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has a new exhibit about Santa Cruzans who saved the redwoods," writes columnist Ross ...

At the end of January, Havana was struck by a frente frío, a cold front that blew off the ocean and plunged the island into ...

The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape ...

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.

Rana Dasgupta’s globe-spanning history focuses on the US, China, Britain and France — but overlooks Russia and the impact of ...

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A historical warning for modern power: those who think they are Alexander the Great may end up learning the cruel ...

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A shark that lays eggs in the shape of a corkscrew, a bird that gets drunk on fermented fruit, and a park that sinks ...

There was music along the street. A faint, insistent melody of fiddle, pennywhistle and the muffled thump of a handheld drum ...