Opera Delaware, cherry blossoms in Philly and Women’s History Month celebrations in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

Released on India’s Republic Day in January 2006, the Hindi film Rang De Basanti, exploded onto the cultural landscape. In its first week, it shattered box office records and inspired thousands of ...

Outside the Château de Gudanes, a masterpiece of Parisian elegance tucked into the Pyrenees, is a work van with carpentry tools overflowing from the back tray. Poppies and cornflowers fleck the long ...

It’s the nation’s tallest monument, soaring 630 feet above the Mississippi River, 886 tons of stainless steel welded into a seamless curve, assembled with such precision that if either leg had veered ...

Historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 1364 with the first recorded use of a firearm and ending in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns. 1364 - First recorded ...

In this collection from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, take an in-depth look at extraordinary women in American history who led advancements in science, politics, sports, activism, the arts and more. Scientist ...

Many of us take a daily supplement of vitamins and minerals, but rarely do our thoughts turn to what those compounds do, much less to how they were discovered as essential for good health.

France flanker Oscar Jégou faces a wait to learn his fate after a disciplinary hearing into his alleged eye gouge on Scotland's Ewan Ashman was postponed. The back rower was caught on camera making ...

Microsoft is commemorating our 50-year anniversary by celebrating the achievements of our employees, customers and partners that have dreamt, built and used Microsoft technology as a force for good, ...

Tim Cook is a private man whose accomplishments and philanthropy are centered around the company's desire to "leave the planet better than we found it." Cook's stance on privacy, security, and user ...

In 2005 the Legislature declared it “only right and proper” that pan de campo be named the state bread. Among those who care deeply about these sorts of things, flour bombs commenced to flying, with ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. An 18th-century copper still from Morocco, essential equipment in a Muslim physician’s medical kit.