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The January issue featured a story about the village in Sardinia where my paternal grandfather was born (“ Rites of Winter ,” January/February 2025 ). He emigrated to the United States in 1910. My ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

Created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi, the three-foot-tall prop can be seen in the film hiding among ...

Ohan Breiding's "Belly of a Glacier" combines experimental film and photography to reflect on a moment of loss—and to fight ...

The system harnesses technology similar to that of devices like Alexa and Siri, according to the researchers, and improves on ...

The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...

The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

Serpent of the Nile? Learned ruler? Sex Kitten? Ambitious mom? African queen? History is still toying with the poor lady's reputation ...