S ince 2012, Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been captivating viewers by peeling back the layers of American identity through the stories of actors, politicians, athletes, and ...

How much do you really know about your ancestors? Maybe you know what countries they came from, what languages they spoke or what tribes they belonged to. But the details that help us understand ...

If you are taking a trip to Ireland, and long to “walk in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors, then it is never too soon to begin trying to pinpoint where they lived before emigrating from the ...

Discover a fast and powerful calculus-based method for finding square roots with impressive accuracy. This explanation shows how derivatives and iterative approximation can be used to quickly zero in ...

The dreaded root canal may be necessary for good oral health, but it could also potentially lower inflammation and improve blood sugar and cholesterol, according to a new study. Researchers from ...

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A local TV station owner has changed his offer to sell a building to the Finding Our Roots African American Museum. The new offer is for a smaller building at a cost of $1 million, down from a ...

PEOPLE can exclusively announce the list of celebrities who will join Henry Louis Gates Jr. this season, including Brittney Griner, Kristin Chenoweth, Spike Lee, Darren Criss, America Ferrera and ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.