Martin Cooper, one of several inventors inspired by “Star Trek,” came up with the first mobile phone as early as 1973
After an African prince spent 40 years as a slave in U.S., he was freed but died shortly before reaching his homeland
Scientists study 9,000-year-old artifacts gathered from North Sea that point to existence of Doggerland
The curious story of “Princess Caraboo,” who came to Bristol in 1817 saying she was royalty from an island in the Indian Ocean
In the ‘Devil’s Bible,’ largest surviving medieval manuscript, is a full-page portrait of the Devil himself
Bombshell Mae West did not begin her career in films until she was almost 40, became second highest paid person in America
Derinkuyu: the advanced underground city in Turkey using ventilation shafts that could date as far back as 15th century BC
“Constructed” by freight trains, Ukraine’s Tunnel of Love is now an alluring form of green architecture