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For decades, the Mississippi River town of Muscatine was the pearl-button capital of the world.

Put a bird on it!

Lactose intolerance was no match for a prehistoric desire for dairy.

Steinway & Sons' Victory Verticals were tougher than your average upright.

Amid sputtering engines and towering stacks of books, people gather to revive a suppressed language.

“It's the pleasure of being on the coast, and enjoying summer days and the fresh aroma of carpets.”

257 small steps for our human cousins, one giant leap for paleoanthropology.

Researchers squeeze into an underwater habitat off Florida to help prepare for missions to the Moon and beyond.

A generation of creators is carrying on the Arab world's history of expression and frustration.

Lilias Adie's head has been missing since 1938.

Their work affirmed the insect's taxonomy too. Because you can’t spell “named” without D-N-A.

Sorry, everyone: Researchers found that a hybrid species is even more “vigorous” than its parents.

Up close with the 7,000-year-old Dolmen of Guadalperal.

It involves tiny straws and a whole lot of liquid nitrogen.

By making everything from ceviche to ice cream, city residents show off their cooking chops.

One show of force had a cooling effect on Japanese summers.

They’re town pounds—forgotten livestock pens that played a key civic role in colonial life.

A cabal of early cryptographers helped the government keep secrets and spy on enemies.