When it came right down to it, the choice between another kid or another cat proved easy for my husband. It was 2011, and we’d just watched the movie “Thor.” Though I’m not a big Marvel Universe fan, ...

LIMA, Peru — Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a Norwegian team is in Peru putting final touches on a new vessel to repeat the journey. "I ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore. By Franz Lidz In 1947, against the best navigational ...