See the full-scale re-creation of the top secret Nazi plane that could have turned the tide of World War II—as well as the last surviving example of "Hitler's stealth fighter."

Called a "photographer's liberation," Kodachrome produced clear, vivid color photographs that drastically changed National Geographic magazine. Kodak announced Monday it will cease production of the iconic medium.

The 2,000-year-old, human-made cave—the largest in Israel—is etched with crosses and may have served as a Christian refuge, monastery, and quarry, experts say.

A newfound vulture-bone flute is likely the world's oldest recognizable musical instrument, a new study says. The 40,000-year-old flute may add to evidence that music helped do in the Neanderthals.

From wayward nuns to convicted witches, the global custom of burying people "prone" was likely used to disrespect or humiliate the dead, according to the first study of its kind.

The great American roller coaster celebrates its 125th anniversary this month. Follow the twists and turns of coaster chronicles via pictures of history-making, stomach-churning scream machines.

Scientists in Indonesia claim they have unearthed the 200,000-year-old skeleton of a giant elephant that stood more than 13 feet (4 meters) tall. Video.

Are fathers necessary? A Himalayan culture has no fathers, except in the biological sense, and according to experts, the kids are all right.

See an ultralight hang glider fly in formation with cranes, a bright-green Chinese lake, and hundreds of thousands protesting in Iran in this week's selection of the best news pictures.

Forget the fancy dinners—American dads are happy with cards and ties on their special holiday, which began in the Northwest U.S. in 1909, experts say.

The Inca landmark was a pilgrimage site and a scaled-down version of a mythic landscape, not an imperial estate, according to a controversial new study.

Archaeologists have begun excavating more of the famed terra-cotta warriors, life-size clay figures created to guard the tomb of China's first emperor. Video.

Students dance in foam, Indian asthma sufferers swallow live fish, a Japanese robot shows off its pancake-flipping prowess, and more in our editor's picks of the week's best news pictures.

The Taliban blew up Afghanistan's two known giant Buddhas in 2001, but is there a third? Archaeologist Zemaryalai Tarzi says yes, and he's determined to find it.

See a leaping friar, a train ablaze in India, digging in the West Bank, and more in these glimpses of life around the globe.