History is usually written by the winners. But a haul of ceramics from the Singapore Strait is rewriting that history.

A new re-examination suggests the piece was not an awl at all, but a drill bit used with a bow drill, making it one of the ...

The National Audubon Society warns that two-thirds of North American bird species are at risk of extinction because of rising temperatures. As habitats shift, food sources vanish, and “mega-fires” ...

Scientists working at the El Caño Archaeological Park recently cracked open a thousand-year-old burial chamber glittering with gold. Located in the Natá de los Caballeros District, about 124 miles ...

This is the first instance of this crop produced in this medium. Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you think about lunar agriculture. But a new study suggests the humble legume ...

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas. In today’s fossil-fuelled economy, markets ...

“Tanyka is from an ancient lineage that we didn’t know survived to this time, and it’s also just a really strange animal,” Jason Pardo, the study’s lead author, said in a statement. “The jaw has this ...

In the hidden chambers of Japanese forests, a quiet rebellion has been unfolding for decades. Scientists have now confirmed that one rare ant has broken almost every rule of ant society. The species, ...

The computer-generated "ideal glass" solves a 75-year-old physics paradox and promises revolutionary materials.

In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...

For decades, pop culture has painted Tyrannosaurus rex as a heavy-footed titan whose every step would make the ground tremble ...