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A new exhibition at the Vatican Museums highlights a century of collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, showcasing eight papal vehicles that developed from a "means of transportation into an instrument of encounter," per Pope Leo XIV

The origin story has two settings: In Colorado, a gang of riders had the tenacity to conquer a treacherous terrain, and in California, others had the technology to design the ideal ride

Confined to hidden sinkhole lakes in the Panhandle, the Florida threadleaf sundew is both a discovery and a warning bell for a vanishing ecosystem that’s long been ignored

A century after A.A. Milne first published his classic children's tales, British admirers and royal emissaries have made a polite push to bring Christopher Robin's original toys back home, if only for a royal vacation

Your feedback on sea shells, the battle against long Covid, the museums of Mexico City and the story of how an Arkansas town embracing its mob history

Augustus was seen as a descendant of the gods who would go on to redefine authority. New research posits that his rule paved the way for Jesus

Paleontologists have long argued over whether some small tyrannosaur skeletons belonged to a new genus, called Nanotyrannus, or were young Tyrannosaurus rex.…

Two nearly complete fossilized skeletons of the strange new species were found in southwestern China. Scientists suspect its marine lifestyle was an evolutionary accident

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 19 "superbugs" that currently pose a threat to human health in the United States, plus another six that are being monitored as potential threats

Since it was first published in October 1726, the novel purporting to tell the fantastical travel tales of Captain Lemuel Gulliver has never left print. An exhibition of rare editions and adaptations in Dublin celebrates Swift's most famous work