President Trump has vowed to bring Columbus Day ‘back from the ashes.’ But here are some shocking things you may not know about the much-celebrated historical figure behind it.
Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.
When Marlo Kiyite was 19 and pregnant with her second son, she and her husband, Fitz, moved in with her cousin in Gallup, New Mexico, trying to make ends meet. Her cousin was an artist, a well-known carver of pocket-sized animals that the Zuni Pueblo call fetishes, and one day, she suggested Kiyite give it […]
Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman’s 19th-century interracial marriage made them a media sensation. But tensions over gender, race and identity ultimately proved too hard to overcome.