Who speaks Europe’s oldest language? The Basques and their ancestors have occupied the same regions in modern-day northern Spain and southern France for centuries, likely

Should we change the clouds? In 1991 in the Philippines, a volcano named Mount Pinatubo blew its top. The second-largest volcanic event of the 20th

A kooky cookie story  Picking and decorating a tree, mulled wine, negotiating who’s hosting the big family dinner: These are all things many of us

What’s worth more than gold?  Humans have mined the earth for metal and mineral resources for millennia. There is evidence of mining in southern Africa

Fancy dresses and automatons Men in three-piece suits and women in elegant dresses sit together at a large dinner table. They talk to each other

Is this democracy? On November 5, 2024, voters in the United States will choose new political representatives and leaders for their states and the nation.

The facts about shark attacks  The total of confirmed shark attacks worldwide in 2023 was nearly triple the number recorded just over 50 years ago

THE WAR TO POWER THE WORLD It was a war between two very different people. On one side was Thomas Edison, the millionaire and prolific inventor from

The family that broke taboos „The Simpsons“ first aired as a stand-alone show in 1989 and is the longest-running animated sitcom of all time. There

A Walk in the Past Large trees, benches, a playground, and a picnic table or two spread out across an area with mown green grass.

A big mystery The pilot and her navigator were flying over the Pacific Ocean looking for the 2.6-square-kilometer Howland Island. They needed to stop there

The real Casanova Why is the word „Casanova,“ which literally means „new home“ in Italian, associated with lust and physical love? It’s because a man