Bicycle history is one of trial and error, Victorian ideals, and--in a way--a story of women's social advancement.

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Voting history is a story of the powerful trying to keep minorities from asserting their own power at the polls.

Years before the polio vaccine and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" were born into existence, pesticides like DDT were thought to cure most ailments.

Australia's extreme weather is the latest example of how climate change increases the severity of natural events.

See the heartbreaking Kevin Carter photos, including that of the vulture and the starving child, that explain why he killed himself at age 33.

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Under the guise of tradition, child brides around the world face a life of poverty, mistreatment and stolen opportunities.

If you thought that California's water woes are a new event, the Owens Valley Protests are sure to leave you dumbfounded.

At a time when banks were screwing over Americans right and left, outlaw-bank robber John Dillinger became an unlikely hero across the United States.

Vladimir Putin is the world's first viral dictator, and satire has been mainly digital. And guess what? The thug in a trapper's hat hasn't received it well.