DNA detective work tracing the evolutionary history of crocodiles has led to several surprising discoveries. In this lecture, Evon Hekkala, a professor at Fordham University and research associate in the Museum’s Department of...

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Imagine winning a multi-million dollar lottery tomorrow. If you're like many of us, you'd be ecstatic, unable to believe your good luck. But would that joy still be there a few years later? Raj Raghunathan describes a phenomenon called...

Explore how the word "offal" is used today and how it was used in Shakespeare's time. While today it usually refers to leftover animal parts, the word used to refer to a range of leftover parts and pieces, including carpentry scraps.

Democracy was born when the Athenian government transitioned from the “rule of a few” to the “rule of many”, around 3,000 years ago.

A second chance to watch Bojana Cvejić's performance of Spatial Confessions captured live on 22 May 2014 at Tate Modern. As part of the four day-programme Spatial Confessions (On the question of instituting the public), Bojana Cvejić,...

In this video, we explore the biosynthesis, mechanism of action, and metabolism of the plant alkaloid, cocaine.

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It's 1967 in Vietnam, and U.S. truck convoys are being ambushed by the enemy on a regular basis. To counter this, the men begin to modify their trucks, adding upgraded armor and serious firepower. From the Series: Gun Trucks of