Astronomers from the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy have identified a new category of events that they found ...

Nathan Hale was destined to fail. Sent by General George Washington to gather intelligence on British forces in New York, the 21-year-old patriot lacked the training and cunning necessary to be a ...

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Archaeological findings and architectural elements provide evidence that a sun worship cult existed at Delphi.

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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Students in Mississippi State’s Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College will present the tragedy “Thyestes” ...

The earliest astronomers were careful observers of patterns.

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Aristotle had one of the first important scientific theories and was the one who found out the world is round.

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