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A global academic freedom group has warned that the Trump administration’s assault on universities is turning the US into a “model for how to dismantle” academic…

September 25, 20254 min readAsteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar SystemMany asteroids are related, but their family trees can be hard…

The role of women in history goes far beyond Elizabeth I or Anne Boleyn, according to a campaign that seeks to add more female lives and…

On the night of 27 February 1933, six days before national elections, the German Reichstag was set on fire. Firefighters and police discovered a Dutch communist…

September 16, 20253 min readOctober 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years AgoCharming quarks; the first Batman signalBy Mark Fischetti 1975, Advent of Tomography:…

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., presents Debra Willett, the granddaughter of Harlem Hellfighter Sgt. Leander Willett, with the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of all of…

Of all the presidents, Donald Trump – the man who would remake the Smithsonian and alter its presentation of “how bad slavery was”, as he put…

An AI-generated image of former President John Adams is part of an exhibit that is a partnership between the Trump administration and conservative nonprofit PragerU. The…

Huntr/x debuts at No. 42 on the Radio Songs chart with “Golden,” making K-pop history as the second K-pop girl group to appear on the tally.…

Novak Djokovic was cruising with a big early lead in his US Open fourth-round match on Sunday night when his neck started bothering him.Djokovic was ahead…