Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who writes articles on space, ancient humans, animals, and sustainability, and manages the Planet Earth column of the print issue. View Full ...

Civilization: Beyond Earth was a satisfying strategy game that expanded and improved on Civilization formula in a lot of interesting ways, and the game will soon be getting even deeper, with the ...

The modern world is not the first civilization to struggle with climate change, which according to a new study led to the collapse of Mayan society some 1,000 years ago. Lack of rainfall over several ...

Quebec City firefighters are inspecting the roof at the Museum of Civilization, after a fire broke out Monday at around 1 p.m. ET. Plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the roof of the building on ...