NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

The Strait of Hormuz is easy to miss on a world map, a narrow ribbon of water squeezed between Iran and Oman, but it carries an outsized share of the world’s oil and gas. Every day, tankers thread ...

El Niño and La Niña are among the most important natural weather patterns on Earth, and can affect temperatures and rainfall around the world. La Niña conditions are present at the moment, according ...

Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the frozen burial grounds of Siberia to ...

At UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum, Tiffany Chung’s mid-career survey exhibition considers human history alongside the planet’s much longer timeline ...

A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s border showed how deadly clashes between the two countries have scarred a heritage site.

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New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté ...

The question of the first engineering college in Asia is closely linked to two historic institutions in India, i.e., the College of Engineering (CEG) Guindy and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ...

A Liberal Democratic Party supporter seen holding a poster of Party President Sanae Takaichi in Ginza as they rally voters for the House of Representatives election. (Photo by James Matsumoto/SOPA ...

Fire insurance maps are an invaluable resource for anyone trying to understand how cities have changed over the past century. The challenge has always been unlocking what's inside them—that is, until ...