Legend says that Julius Caesar accidentally burned the Library of Alexandria in 48 B.C.E., but historians think the institute slowly declined over centuries.

While they’re infamously known for allegedly killing and eating the American heir Michael Rockefeller in 1961, the Asmat tribe has a rich culture that extends beyond its history of headhunting and cannibalism.

The Swansea Building Society recently received a postcard that had been mailed in August 1903, and no one has any idea why its delivery was 121 years late.

Jesse Kipf pleaded guilty to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft and was sentenced to more than six years behind bars.

Archaeologists conducting excavations in Berlin's historic Molkenmarkt area discovered an authentic 17th-century Japanese wakizashi, a type of short sword used by samurai in feudal Japan.

The study from the University of Basel found that a single memory is encoded in at least three parallel "copies" in the hippocampus, enabling the brain to store, modify, and delete them over time.

These new findings have added humpback whales to the short list of animals that manufacture and use their own tools.

On September 12, 1857, the SS Central America sank while transporting hundreds of passengers and about 30,000 pounds of gold. In 1988, treasure hunter Tommy Thompson found the wreck and made off with the gold — but the story didn’t end there.

While renovating his home in Klotzow, Germany, Peter Wittenberg recently happened upon a 12th-century "picture stone" emblazoned with the image of a mysterious figure that may be Bishop Otto of Bamberg.

The mystery of the "Wow! signal" has fascinated scientists for nearly 50 years. Now, researchers in Puerto Rico believe they have finally solved it.