Discovery

Discover the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, Oregon—a legendary “House of Mystery” where gravity seems to shift, people change height, and reality bends in baffling ways.

In January, a giant piece of ice broke off from an Antarctic ice shelf, revealing a seafloor ecosystem that has never been accessible to humans.

Mount Versuvius still towers above the ruins of Pompeii and scientists say the most important dig in a century is taking place.

A discovery in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean is challenging the scientific consensus of how oxygen is produced and has even called into question how life on Earth began.

Sindarin is the most commonly spoken Elvish language in Middle-earth and was based on Welsh and other Celtic languages. Sindarin was the language of the Grey Elves or the Elves who remained in Middle-earth after the First Age, who Tolkien described as a s...

Ubbi dubbi is a language game spoken with the English language. Originating in America in the 17th century, it was popularized by the 1972–1978 PBS children's show Zoom.

Nearly two-thousand years ago, Mount Vesuvius buried the ancient city of Herculaneum, and with it, a library full of ancient papyrus scrolls. In 2018, Bill Whitaker reported on an international race to unravel the scrolls' secrets.

Sea levels are rising due to climate change. Many coastal cities are at growing risk of flooding. Architects are trying to react to this development with new ideas, such as floating cities. But this concept is not without its problems.

Crystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, the community rallied to restore the river and save the animals that call it home.

Hopperstad Stave Church in Vik in Sogn dates from around 1130. When the new church was built in 1877 the stave church was sold to the National Trust of Norway (Fortidsminneforeningen). During its long life, Hopperstad Stave Church has experienced both per...

Trace the history of anesthesia from the 3rd century to today, and explore how doctors performed surgery before anesthetic drugs.

During a hurricane you usually hear meteorologists refer to its intensity by categories. If you don't know the difference between a category 1 and a category 5 hurricane, The Weather Channel meteorologist Mark Elliot breaks it down for you.

Excavators at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum work to dig up fossils of mammoths, dire wolves, giant sloths and more out of the ground.

A look at how liquid eggs are processed at Willamette Egg Farm.

Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?

Death is inevitable for all known living things. However on the question of what, if anything, comes after life, the most honest answer is that no one knows.