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The April 8 total solar eclipse passing over Texas is a once in a lifetime experience with the next one passing over a tiny sliver of the United States in 2044. Scientists from Harvard recently visited the University of Texas in order to ensure everyone will get a chance to be part of the event.

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What are the odds? Loose your wallet in a swimming pool and it’s easy enough to recover; drop it in the sea and you can kiss it goodbye. Marcie Callawaert lives near Tofino, British Columbia a …

From D-Day to the crossing of the Rhine, the Army's top-secret 23rd Headquarters Special Troops unit used inflatable tanks, trucks and artillery pieces; bogus radio traffic; 500-pound loudspeakers blasting recordings of divisions on the move; and other means of fakery to confuse the Nazis. In the process, it may have saved the lives of 15,000 to 30,000 American troops, according to Army historians.

Things to do in DC, Maryland, and Virginia February 20-25. Support Indigenous filmmakers at the Mother Tongue Film Festival, celebrate Black art at NMWA Nights, and more.

Leap Day 2024: what is it for and when was the last leap year? Learn why we have leap years and why the year 2100 wont be one.

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A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here's how investigators unraveled the incredible scam

"Look, if you like depictions of sadomasochism... if you like homoerotic art.... if you're into religious bigotry... if you like that, fine," but don't expect taxpayers to subsidize such an exhibit at a Smithsonian museum, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued in a debate segment on last night's edition of "John King USA" on CNN. The Media Research Center (MRC) founder and president appeared opposite Washington Post art critic Blake Gopnik, who defended the...

An astronaut touched down in Aggieland this weekend. Commander John B. Herrington, who was the first Native American in space, met with students to discuss his experiences and career.  Herrington, whose accomplishments include two spacewalks, over 330 hours in space, documentaries, books and being featured on the 2019 Sacagewea dollar coin, narrated a musical performance...