The ancient Maya may have had sophisticated dentists

Centuries before the advent of novocaine electric drills and x-rays, the ancient Maya may have been closing tooth cavities ...

Join the world’s coolest science lesson in Geneva

Head to Switzerland for a tour of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics research laboratory, to discover the secrets of ...

What this feathered ‘dino-stork’ can tell us about the last days of the dinosaurs

In the fifth episode of our Stones & Bones video series, National Geographic digital editor Nicholas St. Fleur explores how a newly discovered, turkey-sized raptor shows that dinosaurs in South ...

Was Molly Pitcher a real person?

John Ward Dunsmore's oil painting "Molly Pitcher at Battle of Monmouth." For generations, Molly Pitcher has been celebrated as a Revolutionary War heroine. But historians say the stories of several ...