If you are what you eat, then this vegetable was truly a lifesaver on the battlefields during the Second World War — and may ...

The Great War was a fascinating time for airplanes – the Wright brothers had just recently invented the airplane in 1903, and militaries found out mounting machine guns (only after figuring out how ...

In a world regulated by devices, humanity has become disconnected from the physical world—from stick-shift cars to postcards.

Gibson’s Mat Koehler charts 100 years of flat-tops – and how the J-45, SJ-200, Dove and Hummingbird took over the world ...

The confetti has finally settled at Madison Square Gardens, giving Americans a chance to focus on the other big day that just ...

June 16, 1904, is the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses but it was also the day he had his first date with his lover and ...

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

Months of war and a blockade have battered Iran. Its navy is at the bottom of the Persian Gulf. Its air force is destroyed. Its economy is in ruins. Still, after the dust settles, the Iranian regime ...

During World War II, statistics helped the Allies estimate the number of enemy tanks, which proved essential in the decisive ...

There are a shocking number of Red Star Families.

Prime Minister Carney said Canada selected Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build as many as 12 submarines, as the ...