The shaped and reused crayons, engraved patterns, and tool marks suggest that some ochre materials were intentionally used for symbolic activities.

I recently went to the last town in the world that still speaks Old English and I was shocked by how much I could speak and understand. Well okay, it’s not exactly Old English, it’s a rare language ...

This beloved La Jolla institution has been the neighborhood’s living room since the Kennedy administration, and for good ...

Local and federal records capture a snapshot of life after one of the largest immigration raids in the country.

While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

The search for a primary writing system in 'Star Wars' has a history almost as old as the saga itself. Reading time: Reading ...

A TEACHER was convicted of sexually abusing an incarcerated minor and allegedly asked him to murder her husband. Elena Bardin ...

These children’s letters are profoundly moving and revealing. Here’s what some of this year’s letters are saying.

Usually, a story about hacking a coded message will have some computer element or, at least, a machine like an Enigma. But [Ruth Selman] recently posted a challenge asking if anyone could decrypt ...

Oreo was never supposed to be the cultural heavyweight it is today. When Nabisco launched the “Oreo Biscuit” in 1912, it was a me-too product chasing Hydrox, the sandwich cookie that hit shelves four ...

Karol Nawrocki, sworn in as Poland’s president on August 6 with backing from the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) and support from influential US Republicans, faces a presidency that could test ...

A maxim of Hippocrates, in Old English lettering, hangs beside the desk of Dr. Roscoe Roy Spencer in Bethesda, Md.: Life is short, Art is long The occasion instant Experiment perilous Decision ...