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The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction.
Bringing with them the languages of their homelands, immigrants newly arrived by ship at Ellis Island await official ...
Howard Tucker has been practicing medicine since 1947. Ahead of his 103rd birthday, the neurologist shares his thoughts on ...
This region with one of the best known names on Earth is also one of the least understood. Could their ancestral way of life ...
North America’s Native nations reassert their sovereignty: ‘We are here’ Across the continent, Indigenous peoples are methodically reasserting control over their land, laws, and how they live.
AMELIA EARHART (AVIATRIX): The pilot, winging his way above the Earth at 200 miles an hour, talks by radio telephone to ground stations, or to other planes in the air.
“When there is no water, nothing green, the sand becomes very strong, a very fast enemy,” says Sbai. “It takes a lot of land.” The desert is pressing in from every direction.
Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur. A newfound fossil tail from this giant predator stretches our understanding of how—and where—dinosaurs lived.
Fighting back But Washington wanted to do more than contain the threat. Inoculation against smallpox dates back to ancient China, but in colonial America it was a highly controversial procedure.
Founded by five friends, Muck Media has assembled a portfolio of some of the buzziest factual shows on linear and streaming, including Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller on National Geographic, Karol ...
Albert José Jones is considered the godfather of Black scuba diving in the U.S. He founded the country’s oldest Black diving club, Underwater Adventure Seekers in Washington, D.C., in 1959, and ...
Episode 4: Ancient orchestra. Humans have been turning objects into musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. Take a listen to what prehistoric music might have sounded like.