Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Antarctica: Life on the Rocks

In Beacon Valley, one of the most Mars-like regions on Earth, Ariel Waldman reveals hidden ecosystems that persist despite ...

Discovery in the Arctic: Melting Russian glacier reveals a massive prehistoric whale graveyard thousands of years old

The rapid retreat of Arctic ice is revealing an extraordinary opportunity to gain insight into the Earth’s marine history ...
Harvard Medical School

Massive Ancient-DNA Study Reveals Natural Selection Has Accelerated in Recent Human Evolution

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...
The Debrief

9,000-Year-Old Structures Deep Beneath the Great Lakes Reveal Archaeological Evidence of an Ancient “Lost World”

Curious sunken features beneath the Great Lakes are helping to reveal clues to a lost chapter in the prehistory of the ...

New discovery in Pompeii brings to light the remains of two more victims of the AD 79 eruption

Two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in recent archaeological excavations of Pompeii.