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The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was named after Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. Somewhere along the way, a z got dropped. Now there's an effort to fix the spelling of the bridge's name.

New research using network science shows that shifting individual behavior in small ways could influence economic equality, says blogger Adam Frank.

When German measles, or rubella, broke out in the U.S. in the 1960s, women were terrified about the disabling effects the disease could have on their...

A range of national and international events in the past decade have thrust conversations about race into the forefront of public consciousness. And...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will delay a vote on the Senate's health care bill until after the July 4 holiday.

In The Best Land Under Heaven, Michael Wallis chronicles the saga of a band of pioneers who resorted to cannibalism after getting stranded en route West. He says "there's so much more" to the story.

This year authorities uncovered a "beehive chop shop:" nearly $1 million in stolen hives in a field in Fresno County. There's money to be made by renting out bees to orchards, and thefts are rising.

You'll root for 13-year-old Mija at every step of this new Netflix film. And Okja, the huge, genetically modified pig, is among the most touching and realistic computer-generated characters ever made.

A U.S. District judge issued the ruling Tuesday in a class action lawsuit brought by inmates who argued the prisons' conditions were cruel and unusual punishment.

Cuba's new generation of independent bloggers who write about everything from cultural events to reggaeton artists to politics are worried their new-found free writing space will close due to increased tensions once again with the U.S.