Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

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Some 100,000 people die from snakebites each year, largely in the developing world, while up to 400,000 suffer amputations or ...

From the Magna Carta to World War II, which ended 80 years ago, the history of the continent has been a succession of ...

As the art world braces for May’s pivotal test of market confidence, Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips are unveiling major ...

Alarm clocks have typically had a nine minute snooze time for as long as most people can remember, but the reason why will ...

The European Union was born from the ashes of the Second World War to break the cycle of wars between historical enemies. On May 9, 1950, French foreign minister Robert Schuman presented a historical ...

Ahed Tamimi, Jana Jihad Ayad, and Lama Yahya, write in the introduction to the book Lived Resistance Against the War on Palestinian Children that was published a few months ago, "We the children of ...

COLUMN. In the 19th century, France imposed a massive debt on its former colony to compensate slave owners for their losses.

Ahed Tamimi, Jana Jihad Ayad, and Lama Yahya, write in the introduction to the book Lived Resistance Against the War on ...

Discrimination against Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans has a deep, troubling history in America. Beginning notably during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, Chinese immigrants faced ...

Historically, the most famous use of "the whole world is watching" was by anti-Vietnam War protesters outside the Democratic ...