Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
Fossilized dinosaurs are found throughout the world. How might they have appeared when they were alive? How did the surrounding land app...
Scientists believe that this plant-eating creature was the largest dinosaur of the Jurassic Age.
Mike Williams tells his harrowing tale of escape from the burning oil rig in this 60-Minutes interview.
Christopher Nolan (Inception, Dark Knight,) has a new film, Dunkirk. Its background begins during the middle of May, 1940, as Allied forces - includin...
When the BBC created its series "The World at War"—narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier—producers did not use all of the available historica...
District 12 - where Katniss and Prim Everdeen live - has an area called the Seam.
Prince Albert, known to his friends and family as "Bertie," has a new title - the Duke of York - when Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon finally agrees to marry him...
Earth, air, water and fire - ancient Greeks believed everything was made from them.
Thomas Edison ammounced his invention of the phonograph on the 21st of November, 1877.
American papers publish what the British papers will not publish about King Edward's relationship with Wallis Simpson.
When Gustave Eiffel saw the drawings prepared by his engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, he found them to be "logical, simple, impeccable.
The Eiffel Tower was opened to the public on May 6, 1889. Intended to be a temporary structure what caused French officials to change their minds, all...
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