A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...

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From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play ...

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Find today’s readings here. If Christ is a kind of living heaven, then John the Baptist is like a walking purgatory. The prophesied “Elijah” from today’s first reading, John is like a “refiner’s fire” ...

Four new portraits have gone up at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, showcasing this year’s recipients of the Portrait of a Nation award for their transformative contributions to American ...

Join host Katie Nguyen as she shares a love of science through mind-blowing demonstrations to get kids excited about STEM and teach them basic concepts about the earth, space, food, animals, and other ...