This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

Authorities have taken a person into custody after a fire heavily damaged a historic synagogue in Mississippi.

One of the things few people discuss about the “Avatar” films is how deeply “faith-based” they are. In fact, their ...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause creates complexity around government-sponsored religious holiday displays. Supreme Court rulings on the issue have evolved, but generally permit religious ...

The familiar Christmas arguments have resumed. Some people lament that the season has been hollowed out by consumerism, a complaint that has real force. Others insist that Christmas was “originally” a ...

This episode exists because Buddhism is too complex to summarize cleanly — and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. Across the series, Extra History compressed 1,500 years of religious evolution, ...

Last month, the Bean Life Science Museum opened its new exhibit, the Evolutionary Tree of Life, to the public. “It was a fabulous feeling,” said museum director Michael Whiting. Whiting said the ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...

LONDON (AP) — London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe these early humans, who disappeared ...

In the ’90s cartoon “Pinky and the Brain,” the titular Brain — a scheming lab mouse with an outsize noggin — fantasized about taking over the world. A study published Thursday in Science posits that ...

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