Come on an adventure inside the research facility holding the Civil War-era document that could bar former President Donald Trump from the White House.
When Georgia's first African American congressman became the first Black man to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, his argument presaged the Trump v. Anderson case by more than 150 years.
What if we told you that the key to time travel has been right in front of our eyes this whole time? Well, it has: it's in our noses. Today on the show, the science — and politics — of smell, and how it links our past and our present.
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.
Babe Ruth would have been 129 this week. Baseball has changed over the years, but one thing that has endured is fans' fascination with one of the greatest sluggers ever to set foot on the diamond.
The magnet book mixed up W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson. Target said it will no longer sell the book in stores or online and that it notified the publisher of the errors.
As a girl of 10, Estelle Laughlin and her family were forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, then sent to a concentration camp. She lived through the Nazi genocide. This new war has shaken her to her core.
Deep Sea Vision says its sonar image equipment spotted an object in the Pacific Ocean that closely resembles the shape and size of Amelia Earhart's aircraft.
Sixty years ago, 17-year-old Randy Gardner broke a Guinness world record by staying awake for 11 consecutive days. His experiment is one of the most well-documented cases of sleep deprivation.
Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project is on exhibit at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington. The work of incarcerated artists challenges U.S. presidents' records on mass incarceration.
More than 100 of these artifacts have been found across Europe, but no one knows what they were used for. This dodecahedron was discovered fully intact and in excellent condition.
The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But the megalodon may not have been as big as once thought, some researchers suggest.
For decades, developers have explored what to do with Underground Atlanta. But now, the long vacant downtown retail center is entering a new phase as a grassroots arts hub, recently hiring set designer Marina Skye and artist Mike Stasny to direct the project. GPB’s Jake Cook spoke with Stasny and artist Jamie Shelton at Stasny’s studio space and art venue in Underground Atlanta.
Researchers say they've identified the oldest known Tyrannosaurus, shaking up the ongoing debate over how and when the dinosaurs arrived in North America.
