J. Robert Oppenheimer has a complicated legacy. Now, for a detailed look into the scientist's extensive academic career, including his stint at Cambridge.
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The Japanese city of Kyoto was spared from the atomic bomb, leaving Nagasaki to take its place at the last minute. Here's why.
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Taking a selfie is as common and mundane as it gets, but data shows selfie-taking has resulted in more deaths than shark attacks, skydiving, or bungee jumping.
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Rolling Stone's guitarist Keith Richards and Queen Elizabeth II objected to Mick Jagger's 2003 knighthood. Both had their own reasons. Here's why.
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Elon Musk suspended several journalists from Twitter, accusing them of doxxing him. But what is doxxing, and why is it so dangerous?
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When you think about National Historic Landmarks, you're probably thinking of something fixed, like maybe the carvings on Mount Rushmore. But there's more.
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There remains quite a lot to uncover about ancient Egypt and its people. Here are some discoveries in Egypt that changed what we know.
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Many individuals throughout history -- American and otherwise -- are referred to eventually as "legendary," though some accrue more legends than others.
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When discussing human history, the word "discover" gets tossed around a lot, mostly in terms of Europeans stumbling across land masses they hadn't seen before.
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Archeologists are working to identify the centuries-old shipwreck discovered on Daytona Beach in Florida that had been buried under the sand.
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Plenty of asteroids have struck Earth for over billions of years, sometimes with disastrous effects. Here are the biggest asteroid impacts in Earth's history.
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For over 100 years, the Cuyahoga River, which runs through downtown Cleveland, intermittently burst into flames as industrial waste was dumped into the waters.
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The death penalty is a well-established part of American history — and for a lot of that history, the nation's most infamous death row was at San Quentin.
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Individuals with extraordinary talent often inspire not only admiration, but even awe, from those who admire them, with questions like "How do they do that?"
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Woodstock has far outlived anything its founders could have imagined, but it wasn't all "peace and music." Here's the messed up truth about performing there.
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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ruled his country during the first half of the 20th century, which was arguably a pretty tumultuous time in history.
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The ongoing secrecy around the JFK assassination files has added fuel to an already inferno-sized conspiracy fire. But why have records been kept secret?
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The Panjandrum was the perfect weapon in theory but its execution resulted in a disaster.
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Public figures, particularly national leadership, are the subject of all manner of risk -- sometimes physical, but sometimes of a cruel, personal nature.
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The 'Charlie Chop-Off' killer targeted young dark-skinned boys in New York in the 1970s. This is the disturbing, unsolved mystery of those crimes.
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Many may not know that Marie Antoinette was a musician. Now a guitar thought to once belong to her could be worth tens of thousands.
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A woman whose identity is often forgotten by history, Milunka Savić served in place of her brother during the First Balkan War. Then she kept fighting.
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British tabloids have been associated with some shocking episodes in recent decades, but they've long been a powerful and influential part of British media.
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Bernard Arnault, the French tycoon behind a staggering number of luxury brands, has another title to add to his name: the world's richest man.
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Here's a closer look at the Beatles' 1968 song "Glass Onion" and all the key references contained within the tune's cryptic lyrics.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are an iconic image of Canada, but what do the RCMP actually do? This is the wild history of the Canadian Mounties.
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Thanks to the proliferation of information across the internet, previously obscure European rituals and cultic characters have become more widely known.
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