Sarah Pruitt

Archaeologists describe a technique that the ancient Rapa Nui may have used to leverage the hats on the island's giant stone statues.

Scientists say wounds found on the heel of a man buried some 2,000 years ago in northern Italy suggest he had been nailed to a wooden cross.

Moments after Valerie Solanas entered Andy Warhol’s sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West on June 3, 1968, carrying two guns and a massive, paranoid grudge, their lives would be changed forever.

Warring patrilineal clans may have wiped out large swathes of the male population 5,000 to 7,000 years ago.

The U.S.-Soviet space race had many notable successes, but some deadly catastrophes, too.

Despite waves of destruction and disruption triggered by the impact, marine life just above the crater bounced back within a few years.

During his adolescence in upstate New York, Timothy McVeigh developed an enthusiasm for guns and a suspicion of governmental authority. But this was only the beginning of McVeigh’s anti-government stance.

The Branch Davidians fell from public view after the disastrous raid of their compound, but they still have a presence in Waco, Texas—and around the world.