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A large school of mano (sharks) called Galapagos sharks at Maro Reef in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)a worldwide species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae.
Saving Sharks in the 2020s
Shark populations worldwide have been declining as a result of...
Close up of a hand placing a ballot in a ballot box. Election vote voter voting
Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term?
Find out which American presidents have decided against running...
This is a July 3, 1960 file photo of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo.
How did Patrice Lumumba die?
"George Washington before the Battle of Trenton" oil on canvas by John Trumbull, c. 1792-94; in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
The Plot to Assassinate George Washington
The history of the
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Massacre de la Saint-BarthAlemy in French) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants), during th
How Did the Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day Start?
Beginning on August 24, 1572, the Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s...
Senator Joseph McCarthy waves a transcript of a monitored call between Pvt. G. David Schine (left) & Secretary of the Army Stevens, Army-McCarthy hearings, June 7, 1954, Washington D.C. Investigation into Communist infiltration of the government. McCarthy
How Did Joseph McCarthy’s Anticommunist Rhetoric Impact the LGBTQ+ Community?
How did Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist rhetoric impact the LGBTQ+...
Spike Lee at the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Prominent HBCU Alumni
What Do Kamala Harris, Spike Lee, and Jerry Rice Have in Common?...
Area 51 Gate
What Is Known (and Not Known) About Area 51
Area 51 has spawned more conspiracy theories than perhaps any...
Andrea Hayes Dixon (center) Dean of the Howard University College of Medicine works with medical students at Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C. in 2023
Why Are There So Few HBCU Medical Schools?
The need for Black doctors is acute, but there are relatively...
Tibetan leader Dalai Lama, 2008.
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Life in Pictures
Learn about the man called the “Ocean of Wisdom.”
A group of fugitive African Americans crossing the Rappahannock River in Virginia, 1862, during the United States Civil War. Fugitive slaves, escaped slaves, runaway slaves. Photographer Timothy O'Sullivan.
What Were Contraband Camps?
Finding freedom as a “contraband of war.”
Glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca); female glowing at night, Cornwall, England. (beetles, insects, glow worms)
How Do Glowworms Glow?
A variety of structures and a special chemical reaction give...
Scene from the motion picture "Romeo and Juliet" with Olivia Hussey (Juliet) and Leonard Whiting (Romeo), 1968; directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
What Are Some Notable Examples of Film Adaptations of Romeo and Juliet?
Find out more about what makes these film adaptations of Romeo...
Publicity still from the motion picture film "Black Panther' with (from left) Lupita Nyong'o, Chadwick Boseman, and Danai Gurira (2018); directed by Ryan Coogler. (cinema, movies)
Why Was the Black Panther Film So Popular?
Find out why Black Panther (2018) became one of Marvel’s...
Veterinary students examine a Doberman pinscher dog at Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Tuskegee Trains the Majority of the United States’ Black Veterinarians
The Alabama HBCU has a widely recognized veterinary program.
The historic White Hall is a women's dormitory built in 1909 on the campus of Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
How Diverse Are HBCUs?
The answer to a question about diversity at Historically Black...
Person paying with a credit card using a credit card terminal. Cashless payment, credit card reader
What Is a Cashless Society and How Does It Work?
How people pay for things in a world with no physical money.
A non-fungible token (NFT) is a special type of cryptographic token which represents something unique. NFT blockchain marketplace
What Is an NFT?
A quick explainer about authenticity by way of Auguste Rodin.
Juneteenth Parade at Malcolm X Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22, 2019. (emancipation, slavery)
What Is the History of Juneteenth?
On June 19, 1865, enslaved Texans first learned of the Emancipation...
Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange)-also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab.
COVID-19 Terminology Explained
Coronavirus - Disinfection workers wearing masks spray anti-septic solution at the Incheon International Airport on January 27, 2020 in Incheon, South Korea. COVID-19 Epidemic pandemic
Questions About COVID-19 Answered
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of billions of people...
People wearing surgical masks (also called face mask or medical masks or safety masks) walk through the city center of Milan, Italy on Feb. 23, 2020. Coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic
How Do Face Masks Control the Spread of Disease?
Face masks have long been used for various reasons in health...
Artificial lung ventilation monitor in the intensive care unit. Nurse with medical equipment. Ventilation of the lungs with oxygen. COVID-19 and coronavirus identification. Pandemic.
How Does A Ventilator Work?
Mechanical ventilators have played an important, if controversial,...
Marina Spelzini, a registered nurse, measures out an H1N1 vaccine shot at the Miami Dade County Health Department downtown clinic on November 3, 2009 in Miami, Florida. (influenza, swine flu)
When Was the Last Pandemic?
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was the influenza pandemic...








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