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In 1938, while working with ergot fungus, Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). This consciousness-altering substance

For decades, Hill Country ranches let “rock hounds” come and hunt for rare Texas blue topaz. Now access is closed—unless you know a secret spot.

A blurry image from the ocean floor could help solve the decades-old mystery of the famed aviator.

(CNN) — Groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic and mysterious disappearance while flying over the Pacific Ocean has captivated the world for nearly 87 years, spurring on<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/sonar-imagery-may-have-revealed-amelia-earharts-long-lost-plane-researchers-say/">Read More</a>

Deep Sea Vision captured blurry, underwater images on the last day of their 90-day expedition that he's certain is Amelia Earhart's missing plane

(CNN) — Groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic and mysterious disappearance while flying over the Pacific Ocean has captivated the world for nearly 87 years, spurring on countless investigations and expeditions

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN

A camera system's name, "Ground-Commanded Television Assembly," provides a clue to this purported mystery.

Editor’s Note: This is a column and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Daily Barometer At one point during Martin Scorsese’s latest film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” local businessman and secret crime lord William “King” Hale (Robert De Niro) tells his nephew Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DeCaprio) that “Osage don’t live longer...

Amelia Earhart plane may have been found 'in a swath of the Pacific untouched by known wrecks,' says a South Carolina robotics group working with archaeologists.