HISTORY

In the Middle Ages, Ibn Battuta left to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at age 22, and didn't come home for almost 30 years.

Together, the two finds highlight the importance of the ancient necropolis of Abusir.

So scientists are searching the Moon pixel by pixel to find what perhaps one day could be some sort of national park for lunar inhabitants.

Sometimes it's ok to swear.

Here are just a few of the famous Americans with Mayflower passengers in their family trees.

8. A battle over Fluff's merits (or lack thereof) tied up the Massachusetts legislature for a week in 2006.

A group of students at Florida International University have created an immersive virtual reality experience that lets guests travel back to 16th century London and watch part of 'Henry V' at the original Globe theater.

100 years ago, a competing version of the Boy Scouts of America drove its rival crazy—when its members weren’t shooting each other.

It was an era in NASA's early development when, as mathematician Katherine G. Johnson put it, “the computer wore a skirt.”

Humans have long been obsessed with the idea of man-like machines they could dominate—or be dominated by. But the word 'robot' is just 90 years old, and the blockbuster play that introduced the word has long since been forgotten.

First come the burgers, then come the fries, and before you know it, the Cold War is over.

It turns out that just throwing fighters into an arena and watching them go at it might not have been enough for the Romans.