The old World history textbook I used in school specifically stated something like, “Some people, looking at the Pyramids of ...

Do the Impossible," PBS aims to tell the story of a man who defied conventionality as naturally as he breathed.

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

The most complete known Australopithecus fossil, dubbed “Little Foot,” now has a face, albeit ...

As any true crime fan knows, DNA has been groundbreaking in solving criminal cases, both current and cold, for police ...

Ten years after a milestone victory, AI now dominates Go training. Players are figuring out what that means for the game.

Massive granite boxes in the Serapeum have been measured flat and square within thousandths of an inch, precision comparable to modern industrial standards. Giant statues and columns across Egypt ...

The structures that UpNano produces in the 3D printer are so small that they are recognizable neither with the naked eye nor with a strong optical microscope. Only under a scanning electron microscope ...

The first installment of a gripping new trilogy blends high-concept science fiction with global conspiracy and ancient ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Discovered in a shipwreck near Antikythera in 1900, the Antikythera Mechanism is a complex geared device used to model astronomical cycles. Research using X-rays, CT scanning, and surface imaging ...

Working with data storage technology company Cerbyte, Mayrhofer and colleagues were especially interested in identifying a ...