Rare

Personal glimpses into ancient lives tend to get lost among the dust and bones. Looking at faceless skeletons and ruins, it’s easy…

Ancient burials can release a lot of information about the past. However, the rare ones often highlight the incompleteness of our known…

Disney attracts hundreds of millions of guests to their world-famous resorts each year, and they rarely close the doors to one of…

Human genetics is a complex tapestry woven with threads of both commonality and extraordinary rarity. While much attention is given to genetic…

The Cretaceous Period, famously populated by Tyrannosaurus rex, started around 145.5 million years ago. Around 80 million years later, an asteroid hit…

For many of us, we are born and we live “normal”—that is, without any genetic deformities or conditions that would render us…

Ethiopia covers most of the Horn of Africa. But that is the least of its feats. The region is rich with history…

Rituals are as old as mankind’s first thought. Modern ceremonies are mostly religious, but in the past, they held a wider purview.…

Christmas is famously the most wonderful time of the year, and one of the most fun things about it for many people…

The paintings of the old masters are more than just pretty portraits. A closer look has revealed hidden codes, fascinating bloopers, and…