In this week’s column, Ross Eric Gibson recounts the story of the Rev. Samuel Hopkins Willey of Santa Cruz Congregational ...

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Seafood lovers looking to take a bite out of history would do well to seek out this San Francisco restaurant that's been open ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds. The IJN Teruzuki fought fiercely in the first and second naval battles of ...

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...

Blue Origin is standing down from today's New Glenn rocket launch attempt due to ongoing geomagnetic storms caused by ...

The discovery of gold in California transformed what would become the most populous state. The quest continues today.