In 1980, chemist Glenn Seaborg solved a centuries-old problem in alchemy and turned a non-precious metal into gold
The ancient mysteries of Hermes Trismegistus and the Emerald Tablet have inspired and baffled both alchemists and philosophers for centuries
Eli Wallach almost got killed three times during the filming of Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
The grand but flawed 17th century Swedish warship “Vasa” sank on her maiden voyage, but in 1961 the ship was completely recovered
In Ancient Egypt, cats were mummified and buried with jewelry, and harming a cat was an offense that could be punished with death
J. R. R. Tolkien named the kind and protective hobbit Samwise Gamgee after a pioneering British surgeon
The Chinese Sleeping Beauty: analyzing the best preserved mummy ever discovered, scientists know what she ate hours before her death