History

History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory.

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Illinois professor’s book examines contradictions in history of U.S. naturalization processes

Watch European astronaut make history during spacewalk today

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in country’s history.

Rewriting History: Researchers Uncover a Forgotten Amazon Civilization That May Have Housed 3 Million People

No Palaces, No Pyramids: How This Ancient City Got Rich Without Inequality

What history can teach us about the future of property rights in space (op-ed)

'Barbarians' Have Been Misunderstood For Centuries, Researchers Explain

Minerals and atmosphere coevolve in the Earth’s history

What triggered one of the most dramatic changes in Earth’s history?

This 4,000-year-old city defied the rules of history

Samples of Lunar Rock Are Leading Scientists to Rethink the Moon's History

New geological archive discovered: Fossilised wood reveals 300 million years of Earth’s history - EurekAlert!

3.1-Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the History of Earth’s Early Tectonics

'The dawn of a new space era': Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, aces debut launch

‘Explosive diarrhoea’ outbreak grips US: how researchers are hunting its source. The CDC's parasite surveillance team dropped from 11 to 3 people last year, complicating efforts to track down what is now the largest Cyclospora outbreak in US history.

Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever (video)

Roman ship raised intact to the surface in Spain for the first time in history

The Rubin telescope just began the largest cosmic time-lapse in history

A Rare Comet Made History as the Third Known Interstellar Object to Fly Through Our Solar System. Studies Are Now Revealing the Mysterious Conditions in Which It Formed

Why have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted?