Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal? New study offers clues
Clovis toolmakers chose difficult quartz crystal despite its frustrating knapping qualities because the material likely held profound ritual, symbolic, or spiritual significance.
The Most Populated Islands in the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes and their connecting waterways, spanning across the borders of both Canada and the United States, contain an estimated 35,000 islands.
The 100 greatest novels – The Guardian
Handwriting similar to the playwright’s distinctive style abounds in previously unknown document.
The Strangler Vine by MJ Carter
The Strangler Vine is set in India in 1837, when large areas of the country were ruled by the British East India Company.
This Sailor From the Franklin Expedition Identified by DNA
New research has identified four members of the doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage, including the owner of a paper-stuffed wallet that has long mystified historians
Banksy Unveils New Sculpture in Central London
Banksy has once again surprised the public with an unexpected artwork, this time stepping beyond his signature stencil murals and into sculpture.
How First Nations values are reshaping tourism on this remote archipelago
It’s low tide and I’m standing among golden kelp and jagged rock pools looking up at Taaw Tldáaw.
Yellowstone’s volcano may be fueled very differently
In the new study, published April 9 in the journal Science, the researchers argued that tectonics alone can heat the magma reservoirs underneath Yellowstone without the need for a deep mantle plume.