Greenland was the stepping stone that made the Viking discovery of America possible. After Erik the Red founded the Greenland settlement, his son Leif Erikson used it as the launch point for voyages ...

For five years now, Briefing readers have eagerly awaited Fridays for a chance to put their penguin-hunting skills to the test. Each week, Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin, travels to ...

In 1973, Yale sociologist Kai T. Erikson got a phone call from an attorney, asking him to recommend a graduate student who could consult on a class-action lawsuit in West Virginia coal country. The ...

After forty-plus years of restoration by Save Our Ship, Inc. (S.O.S., Inc.) the Leif Erikson Viking ship will be on display and open to the public this weekend during the “Annual Julebyen (pronounced ...

After several decades of volunteer work, Save Our Ship, Inc. unveiled the recently restored Leif Erikson Viking ship. The community of Knife River hosted their local ‘Julebeyen’ or Christmas village ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of Popular Mechanics’ greatest stories. It was initially published in December 2022. On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked in to Oakland Children’s ...

Save Our Ship, Inc. has been working on the restoration. It will debut at the annual “Julebyen Christmas Village” celebration in Knife River. The boat was built in Norway in 1926 as a replica of the ...

A professor at Yale, he immersed himself in communities after catastrophic events like Three Mile Island, the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Hurricane Katrina. By Michael S. Rosenwald Kai T. Erikson, a ...

The lawsuit claims that the company intentionally crafted the terms of the showrunner's profit participation so that he never breaks even. By Winston Cho AMC has been sued over its handling of profit ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Rambling Rose” star Diane Ladd’s cause of death has been revealed, weeks after daughter Laura Dern announced her ...

The cause of death of Cleto Escobedo III, longtime bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has been revealed. According to the musician’s death certificate, obtained by TMZ, cardiogenic shock was listed as ...

Kai T. Erikson, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and American Studies, Emeritus at Yale, whose eloquent voice in defense of human communities changed the understanding of the way ...