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A new study could debunk the theory that women living where rates of infectious disease are high prefer men with faces that shout testosterone when choosing a mate. By the ...

In the Peloponnesus region of southern Greece there is a small village called Pavlopetri, where a nearby ancient ...

Gobekli Tepe is a very ancient archaeological site located at the top of a mountain ridge in south-eastern ...

Marla Mossman has made eight trips—traveling by car, foot, horse, mule, and camel—through Silk Road countries in Central ...

In ancient China, dating back to at least 5,000 BC, large stone discs were placed on the bodies ...

Tasha Alias, a 30-year-old public relations and marketing executive originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and her friends, were ...

In the Waterfall Mansion on the Upper East Side, works by eminent artists such as Andy Warhol are ...

Will Burrard-Lucas has traveled the world, taking in some of the most important places in human history. These ...

Canadian Museum of History: Soaring totem poles, a freedom fighter's jacket & Canada's most artful building THE FIRST ...

Sun Zi, also known as Sun Wu or Sun Tzu, was a high-ranking military general in Chinese history ...

Socotra is a rarely-visited Island off the coast of Yemen.

Some reform patterns seem destined to periodically repeat and replay themselves. 11 years ago, a reform that tightened ...

Marrakech, Morocco is definitely a place to go if you're looking for a complete cultural switch. We got a ...

The new Batwa cultural program was created by Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust to help the Batwa revive their ...

From floating water sleeves and a zesty Mongolian dance, to mischievous little scholars and Monkey King action, students ...

Learn how to play a classic accordion oompah sound in this video from Howcast.  

An 18th century discovery of man-made objects under layers of limestone is evidence, some say, that humans existed ...

A couple of researchers and writers in the 1930s and 1970s had contact with the isolated Senoi people ...

Everyone's learning Chinese. When one of every five people on the planet is said to speak Chinese, it ...

Monitoring the populations of “uncontacted” tribes via Google Earth satellite images may be a noninvasive way help insure ...

Just one generation ago Australian schoolkids were taught that Aboriginal people couldn’t count beyond five, wandered the desert ...

You can turn an egg into an omelet, but you can’t turn an omelet into an egg. Take ...

The Carnival of Venice dates back to the 12th century, supposedly to celebrate and memorialize a military victory. ...

It is said that if you listen carefully on the shores of Aberdyfi in northwest Wales you can ...

In a historic first, three Arab films—all dealing with the political and social challenges faced by Arab youth—were ...

Salep is a traditional hot drink from Turkey made with milk and the flour of dried orchid tubers.

Much of big data comes from people. Web logs, mobile phone usage, financial transactions, insurance claims, you name ...