The third president knew that the whims of nature shaped Americans’ daily lives as farmers and enslavers Sara Georgini ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ugly American is over.” ...

London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide to help you navigate your choice of where to spend your free time ...

A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine. Her current work also appears on ...

A new study ties the size of the pupil to the process of memory consolidation in sleep. (Credit: Sruilk/Shutterstock) Your pupils say a lot about you — about your mental state, your attention span, ...

"New Year, new me," is a cliche, and yet, each year we set New Year's resolutions. Recent research says that most of us elect to make New Year’s resolutions each year, like exercising more or eating ...

Back in the first millennium A.D., waves of human migration across Europe created an elaborate genetic puzzle that researchers have now started to unravel with a leap in DNA analysis. An enhanced look ...

Rangers at Yellowstone National Park are often asked to predict when the next massive volcanic eruption will occur there. A team of USGS scientists, who surveyed the park’s underground magma ...

The sun had a big year in 2024. First, April brought a total solar eclipse that provided a wide swath of the continental U.S. with nearly four minutes of hushed totality. It also gave sun-gazers a ...

In a brilliant development, scientists have discerned the origins of a fast radio burst borne from the magnetic surroundings of a dead neutron star. Its sighting can be traced to a curved glint of ...

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth’s climate for years and even led to the “year without summer” in 1816.