Despite its formal ending twenty years ago, apartheid's damning legacy persists in South Africa.

Many have made it their life's work to address global poverty. Extreme poverty has halved since 1990, but there's more work to be done.

Whether or not you have faith in the rite, the existence of modern day exorcisms proves that much of humanity craves peace from whatever haunts them.

From petrified forests to volcanic islands, we give you the coolest national parks that the US has to offer.

For most of us, science fairs conjure sentiments of general despair, but these interesting science fair projects show the event's transformative potential!

You probably couldn't survive a week in the Arctic. If it weren't for these animal adaptations, neither could these creatures.

Disasters have shaped the course of history. The weirdest disasters have shaped urban myths and folklore.

With income inequality as high today as it was in the 1930s, high society of the past presents us with a not-too different vision of our divided present.

These haunting color images of Imperial Russia show a world on the verge of revolution and about to change forever.

Pop culture and major media would have you believe that the US is in the throes of a major meth epidemic. But as usual, reality paints a different portrait.

These endangered animals make meaningful contributions to the stability of our ecosystems. Their loss is a threat to our own security.