It’s been one week since Kirk was shot dead while debating on a college campus, and the Right is reacting more viscerally than we’ve seen from it in recent memory. Not only that, but we’re seeing ...

The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

Citing Margaret Mead’s healed-femur lesson, Rev. Jack Harnish urges empathy to sustain civilization and aid the vulnerable today.

The internet’s new favorite slang term has some users scratching their heads. While the expression “67” (pronounced “six-seven”) has surged in popularity on social media, the significance of the ...

Life on Earth may have been shaped and formed on a distant planet, according to a new theory that may change our view of the ...

A preexisting condition usually refers to a health issue you had before the date new health coverage starts. People may also use it to refer to health conditions you had before a new one began. Since ...

Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, was driving to the airport the morning of Dec. 30, 2019, when his cellphone rang. A colleague was ...

Firaxis' latest game, Civilization VII, was released in February 2025. The game features a new approach to the series' turn-based gameplay, letting players mix and match world leaders and ...

Scott Kern lives on Sand Island, off the coast of Portland, Maine. His parents bought half-ownership of the island in the '90s. Kern lives in a fort made from recycled construction debris. This ...

Civilization VII developer Firaxis has laid off an unknown number of individuals today, despite the insistance of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick that the game's sales are consistent with expectations.

Shifting tides along the coast of the ancient region called Mesopotamia might have spurred the rise of the world’s oldest civilization 1. Urban settlements appeared on the Mesopotamian plain — which ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...