Currently onstage at the Festival d’Avignon’s restored Opéra Grand Avignon is, much to my astonishment, an opera. Les ...

A heavy-duty magnet fishing operation uncovered legacy farm equipment from a pond on historical property. The 1,500 lb magnet was used to extract buried metal objects that may date back to the early ...

Originating in Mexico as ‘National Tequila Day,’ the celebration honours the hard work of agave farmers and tequila makers, as well as Mexico’s national spirit. Rooted in the state of Jalisco, tequila ...

An ancient fossil repurposed as an amulet, discovered in Spain, offers insight into Roman spirituality and the protective use ...

A new tablet-based drug is showing great promise for both type 2 diabetes and obesity — and unlike existing GLP-1 medications, it doesn’t reduce appetite or cause muscle loss. Early studies suggest ...

Paw paws (Asimina triloba) are a survivor from when North America was warmer. They are the only temperate zone tree in a tropical family. You can see that their leaves and large fruit have that jungle ...

If you’re shopping for a used car this summer, you may have noticed something frustrating: Prices are climbing again. According to the latest Edmunds’ Used Car Report, the average transaction price fo ...

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ‘60s whose hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the latter would serve as an ironic title for a personal li ...

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L.A. Fires Show the Reality of Living in a World with 1.5°C of Warming Professor Lori Daniels, director of the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, has been matching fire ...

The state has agreed to return tribal land in northern Illinois, required schools to teach Native culture, allowed high ...

From forged human skulls to parodies of ancient sculptures, we explore some of the most infamous archaeological hoaxes in ...