Amy Carlson, the 45-year-old "Mother God" of the Love Has Won cult, had been dead for at least four weeks before police discovered her mummified body.

The discovery of the text written on silk sheds light on the significant advances in medicine that led to the development of acupuncture in ancient China.

The giant water bug, aka the toe-biter, is a fierce aquatic predator found in freshwater habitats across the world that hunts turtles, ducklings, and snakes.

The letter was found by a kayaker a few days after Tropical Storm Isaias swept through the southeastern coast of the U.S.

A new study detected the presence of rust on both poles of the Moon's surface — a phenomenon that should be unlikely given the Moon's lack of atmosphere.

Archaeologists say that the vandals' metal detectors may have been triggered by pyrite, otherwise known as fool's gold.

Nearly 100 years after the tragedy, survivors and descendants of victims have not received any compensation for their suffering.

Truck driver Reginald Denny nearly died from a random attack during one of the most violent uprisings in Los Angeles' history — but good Samaritans saved him.

Analysis of the tree rings in the wood panel show that Head of a Bearded Man was done on wood from the same tree as another important Rembrandt work.

When French explorers first set up trading posts near Lake Ontario, this tree was already a sapling.

From items recovered at Ground Zero to tributes from victims' families, these artifacts from September 11th reveal the true scope of the tragedy.