New research suggests that higher temperatures may lead of 50 to 58 hours of lost sleep per person every year by the end of the century | Continue reading
In a new show at the Renwick Gallery, maker’s art is having a renaissance moment, with works that reveal powerful persistence and resilience | Continue reading
Animals-turned-oceanographers are helping biologists find out what they do when they get to the cold, dark depths | Continue reading
Slated to open early next year, the space will explore the legacy and contributions of enslaved people and their descendants | Continue reading
An Ohio woman came within ten feet of the animal and was thrown ten feet in the air | Continue reading
The giraffe’s ancestor used its sturdy head and neck to fight for mates | Continue reading
Brian Hernandez broke ancient Greek artifacts and a contemporary ceramic piece | Continue reading
The 4,500-year-old plant lives off the coast of Australia | Continue reading
Edith Keating survived the Halifax Explosion and eventually took to the skies, marking a path for other women to fly in her wake | Continue reading
Archaeologists finally understand who decorated the Cueva de Ardales | Continue reading
From the alleged birthplace of Paul Bunyan to the original gateway to Yellowstone, these towns are buzzing with activity | Continue reading
While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits | Continue reading
Never-before-published photographs offer an intimate look at the iconic artist | Continue reading
An NIH study found that food allergies reduced risk of infection by 50 percent | Continue reading
Projections on the Neolithic stones have proven controversial before | Continue reading
Though the solar system’s two outermost planets are very similar, their color is a puzzling difference | Continue reading
The ex-street artist turned art-world sensation receives a warm reception and an award from the Hirshhorn | Continue reading
LiDAR helped researchers find sites once inhabited by those who lived outside Rome’s rule of Britain | Continue reading
The parasite’s complex biology played a role in the delay, but experts say there was also a lack of urgency and funding | Continue reading
Researchers say the pre-Hispanic metropolis they call Xiol was once home to some 4,000 people | Continue reading
The research is part of a growing trend of using crowdsourced videos to learn about elusive or hard-to-study animals | Continue reading
Scientists analyzed zinc isotopes in fossilized teeth and found both sharks may have competed for the same food | Continue reading
According to the study, children who played team sports had fewer mental health difficulties than those who didn’t play sports | Continue reading
Sacred objects can tempt would-be burglars | Continue reading
The 2,500-year-old coffins are the latest in the site’s seemingly endless parade of ancient treasures | Continue reading
Not everyone is on board. The technology is dividing the fishing community and drawing the ire of some politicians and scientists | Continue reading
William A. Mitchell invented Cool Whip, Pop Rocks, Tang and other 20th-century treats | Continue reading
It’s the latest in a long string of attempts to vandalize the world’s most famous painting | Continue reading
Environmental scientists used unorthodox methods for calculating Alerce Milenario’s age | Continue reading
A novel about borders garnered Geetanjali Shree the prestigious award | Continue reading
The animal’s insatiable appetites, bold behaviors and adaptability make them harmful to new environments | Continue reading
Those once terrorized by the Klan will decide on the center's events and programming | Continue reading
Discoveries in Asia and Africa are rewriting the backstory of dinosaurs like Stegosaurus | Continue reading
New understandings of how disease spread informed Imogene Rechtin's ill-fated 1910 campaign to ban a universal human practice | Continue reading
The skull fragment will be turned over to Upper Sioux Community tribal officials | Continue reading
Artificial migrations to colder environments altered the small bird's metabolism and ability to fly | Continue reading
The adult man’s genome is the first to be fully sequenced from remains found in the ancient city | Continue reading
The rare, blue-and-gold vessel was crafted in 18th-century China | Continue reading
The new survey could be useful for everything from microbiology to thermal energy | Continue reading
Through its annual bake-off, the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, provides a fun way for the public to engage with its collections | Continue reading
2022 will likely be the seventh consecutive year of above-average hurricane activity | Continue reading
Dozens of important cultural, social, and ecological places are already at risk from climate hazards. | Continue reading
Dozens of important cultural, social, and ecological places are already at risk from climate hazards. | Continue reading
Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda" | Continue reading
First discovered in 2011, the rare species reappeared recently after nearly a decade of eluding scientists' watch | Continue reading
Scientists say the flashy tech could help them study the sun’s polar regions | Continue reading
Proposed by a government panel, the suggested title changes honor several women and people of color | Continue reading
The Science Museum in London explores the past and future of the disease, and the resilience of its survivors | Continue reading