I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

Three new state symbols are proposed this year – reptile, amphibian and dog – which would bring Maine's total to 34.

Illuminated at night, the Kiewit Luminarium is a symbol of the revitalization of Omaha, Nebraska’s Missouri River waterfront.

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

Scientists warn the Arctic is changing rapidly due to warming. Ice is melting, sea levels are rising, and weather patterns ...

Hawaii’s sunshine, short rain showers and clean air together create some of the planet's best conditions for viewing rainbows ...

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to cra ...

U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

Recent letters by John Gallup (Herald, Jan. 17) and Ian Root (Herald, Jan. 17), got me to thinking, and wondering why the American flag is so prominently displayed in so many U.S. churches. While ...

In China, DeepSeek is being heralded as a symbol of the country’s AI advancements ... founder and chief executive of Game Science, the developer behind the hit video game Black Myth: Wukong.