During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Robert Colby is a historian at the University of Mississippi. His first book, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

After a blue dwarf galaxy shot through it like an arrow, the large Bullseye now has nine rings—six more than any other galaxy ...

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

A first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their ...

A German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management ...

Russia’s palatial institution is now the second largest in the world, with an impressive collection of three million objects ...

The audience for the trailblazing life simulation game has stuck around through new editions, expansion packs and designs to ...

Tennis star Arthur Ashe achieved many firsts as a Black athlete. In the months leading up to his death, he thrust AIDS ...