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Before vaccines, pseudoscientific folks remedies for the deadly virus involved mysterious animal-vegetable-mineral hybrids.

First found at the ancient fortress of Tell el-Retaba, child burials in ceramic jars perplexed early archaeologists.

The latest glow-up of the iconic board game draws on a wealth of cultural touchstones.

Fanfiction enthusiasts are learning “1,000 hobbies in a trench coat” to make gorgeous physical artifacts of their passions.

Changing neighborhoods, loss of faith, even heating bills make places of worship among the most common types of forgotten places.

For decades, East Africa was considered the birthplace of our species. Fossils from Morocco suggest otherwise.

Early 20th-century migrants from Europe had to be on their guard against marriage brokers, card sharps, ghost mediums, and more.

Many of us see a face or a rabbit in the Moon—examples of pareidolia that, when conditions are right, also include the letters X and V.

If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.

Finding where history, passion, and urban development come together can mean a lot to a community.

Or, why families under siege make for great movies.

For centuries, the Beothuk people relied on seabirds to survive—and likely to find their way to the afterlife.

The game's culture cares deeply about its codes of conduct, but online play rewrote the rules.

Whatever you call it, early February's cross-quarter day reconnects us with ancient astronomical timekeeping traditions.

“It’s academia that feels criminally fun!”

How you say it certainly says something about who you are.

Unlike Sun-focused Stonehenge and other megalithic monuments, Tomnaverie and similar stone circles hint at the Moon's importance to ancient people.

From Champ to Bessie to lake sturgeon, these cryptids represent what lies beneath the surface of the familiar.