2 missing Charles Darwin notebooks are mysteriously returned more than 20 years later
The iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to the Cambridge University Library last month.
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Knoxville and Paris make plans for Beauford Delaney's art to get its due
Knoxville, Tenn. is building a museum for the works of Beauford and Joseph Delaney.
Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years
The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.
Photos: Russian attacks leave catastrophic scenes, as many flee or are displaced
Ukraine has launched an investigation into war crimes officials believe have been committed by Russian forces during the course of the invasion.
First Nations delegate calls Pope apology for residential schools 'healing'
Pope Francis apologized for his Church's role in running Canadian boarding schools where Native kids were abused. NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, whose delegation met with the Pope.
UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion
The damaged sites include churches, historic buildings, museums and monuments. A UNESCO spokesperson said they fear more sites will be added to the list, as the group works to verify the destruction.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Bessie Coleman and others to be featured on U.S. quarters
The U.S. Mint has announced the next five women to be featured starting in 2023 as part of its American Women Quarters Program.
Biden is the latest president to go off script on Russia
Biden was far from the first U.S. president to say what he thought about Russia or its leaders — or to pay a price for it.
The oldest park ranger, who told the stories of Black women in WWII, retires at 100
"What gets remembered is a function of who's in the room doing the remembering," Betty Reid Soskin has said. She shaped World War II history exhibits to highlight the segregation Black people faced.
April Fools' Day might be the world's longest-running joke. No one knows how it began
The true history of April Fools' has been a mystery for ages. The theories around its origin story have involved everything from Roman gods and fake popes to the Gregorian calendar and gullible fish.