Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

If you work at Costco or happen to have walked by one of their computers and wondered if you've traveled back in time, you're not alone. It's not only a phenomenon at Costco, as Home Depot and many ...

The six-part documentary explores the United States’ founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, examining how these “turned the world upside-down.” It airs nightly through Nov. 21.

The ancient Greeks ate a plant based diet and Diane explores these roots and principles. This episode is inspired by Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. Diane, takes a deep ...

For decades, big finance looked less like a modern machine and more like a patchwork quilt that was forever coming apart at the seams. Behind the glossy façade of skyscraper banks, the reality was ...

You can’t accuse those who title “NOVA” episodes of burying the lede with “Ancient Desert Death Trap.” There are mysteries afoot, for sure. But a viewer will have the unavoidable suspicion that doom ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Maigret,” premiering Sunday on PBS, is the fourth British series (plus one failed pilot) to be titled “Maigret,” ...

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...

Seattle's Cascade PBS blamed federal cuts for layoffs, announced last week, that will end its foray into written local news coverage. But its hybrid newsroom, formed by the 2015 acquisition of online ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, often called the world’s first computer, was built by ancient Greek engineers over 2,000 years ago. This astonishing device tracked the heavens with incredible precision and ...

WPSU, Penn State University's NPR and PBS affiliate, announced Sept. 11 that it will begin to "wind down" operations. The move comes after Congress approved more than $1 billion in cuts to the ...