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From burning castles to swords and magic and velvet gowns, medievalism has taken over 21st century pop culture.

Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth’s largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet’s worst mass ...

A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.

A safety device helped maintain a buried person’s oxygen levels for up to 35 minutes, tests show, buying crucial time for an avalanche rescue.

A twin-prop Chinook helicopter shatters the calm of the Dutch countryside, hovering just meters from a canal before dumping ...

A new study reveals that the impact of the Meteor crater may have caused a landslide that flooded the Grand Canyon 56,000 ...