In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Spanning over three million years, the Palaeolithic saw humanity’s first tools, early cultural development, and the spread of our ancestors across the globe. Cardiologist: 9 American foods you 'couldn ...

Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, ...

Image via Keesha’s Kitchen / Unsplash. Hot soup on a cold day brings warmth and comfort so simple that we don’t think too much about its origins. But its long history runs from the Stone Age and ...

Bad Bunny is no stranger to making history. Since he arrived on the music scene in 2016, the Latin superstar continues to break records and test the boundaries of the industry in every direction. Most ...

This article has been updated to reflect a revised, morning-only schedule for the Capital Day observance. For one day nearly 250 years ago, on Sept. 27, 1777, Lancaster became the capital of the ...

A study published in PLOS One on September 10, 2025, demonstrated that women and children were just as likely as men to be buried with stone tools at the Zvejnieki cemetery in northern Latvia, ...

Archaeologist Laura Dietrich studies a replica Stone Age axe in Germany. While not from the Latvian site, such replicas reveal how ancient tools were used. Some 6,000 years ago in the northern reaches ...

Getting a smartphone before the age of 13 may have lasting consequences for mental health, according to a new study that analyzed data from more than 100,000 young people worldwide. The research, ...

Not everyone has a curriculum vitae as impressive as Dave Grohl. In 1986, the then 17-year-old dropped out of high school to drum for the punk band Scream — a decision that his teacher mother, ...

Need to run a few errands and can’t find a babysitter? You might be wondering if your child is old enough to stay home alone. It might be for a quick trip to the grocery store or because of an 8-hour ...

Great for kids reading comics, graphic novels, and other illustrated books. Amazon Kids+ content adds tons of age-appropriate books, and you get a year of access. Included cover is a nice bonus. Kids ...