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THE innovation race is leaving us behind. Even in the Global Innovation Index, where the country has inched upward in recent years, we are still being outpaced by most of our ASEAN neighbors.

NASA has put the brakes on a politically charged plan to uproot Space Shuttle Discovery from its longtime home at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. The agency’s new leadership ...

Matter Neuroscience believes the country's most liberal and conservative cities can talk to each other. They just needed to install a telephone.

The Olin Galleries at Roanoke College will host local artist Jake Smith’s upcoming exhibit “Thoughts and Prayers.” The show ...

From riding its clattering cable cars to visiting sea‑lion hangouts, here are 50 cool things to do in San Francisco in 2026.

Thousands of bronze coins surface from the depths, exposing secrets of Rome’s fading power and a vanished maritime mission.

Writers in the Tang period described “golden armor,” but archaeologists had not previously had a physical example to examine. That gap is what makes this restoration notable: the conservation work ...

Gargoyles have watched over this small Kentucky city for more than a century from their lofty perches on a cathedral known as ...

Pine Bluff, Arkansas stands as a financial oasis in a desert of skyrocketing housing costs, with prices that hover a ...

Known for its picturesque Amish country, rich history, museums and local cuisine, there are many things to do in Lancaster.

The Driftless Area Scenic Byway stretches 144 miles through northeastern Iowa’s most jaw-dropping terrain – a place where ...