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A special guest adds an additional tangle to the tale.

A representation of the Bamum kingdom is a rare example of early-20th-century indigenous African cartography.

These scientists spent weeks underwater doing research—and convincing NASA women could also go into space.

Listeners tell us about their wildest animal encounters, from a chance meeting with a herd of elk to touching a tiger's tail.

Archaeologists believe jewelry made from the bugs was a coveted status symbol 2,000 years ago.

Welcome to the home of pink coral-scapes and fluorescent lizardfish.

For our two-year pod-iversary we're headed back to some of the coolest places we've taken you recently.

The finds are also enriching understanding of the formative years of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.

From Ukrainian pelmeni to Appalachian fried fish, these innovators are drawing on generations of culinary wisdom.

The 33,000-year-old skeleton was taken from Wales two centuries ago—is it time for the bones to go home?

These food cartoons fight stereotypes, share memories, and tell forgotten histories.

This Women's History Month, we celebrate women doing extraordinary things all over the world.

Discovered in 1900, the Saint-Bélec slab languished unrecognized in a castle basement for over a century.

Researchers found something "very strange" in a Spanish cave.

Where does science end?