Martha Goddard didn’t receive much recognition—instead she got the job done | Continue reading
Millions of cases of potentially deadly gastroenteritis are prevented each year because of the pathogen-reducing powers of the plant | Continue reading
The “da Vinci, ex-Seidel” instrument's estimated worth is $20 Million | Continue reading
The lunar surface material was kept in a freezer at NASA's Johnson Space Center since December 1972 | Continue reading
Experts are debating who the bust portrays, but they agree on one thing—a thrift store is an unusual spot to find a millennia-old statue | Continue reading
Doctors say this infection will likely be preventable in future pig heart transplants | Continue reading
Adam Hardin discovered the impressive brown gem at an Arkansas state park | Continue reading
Bend it. Stretch it. Use it to conduct electricity. Researchers are exploring a range of applications that harness gallium's unusual properties | Continue reading
Medical professionals are embracing the technology to help patients deal with PTSD, anxiety disorders and more | Continue reading
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently—and in a crowd | Continue reading
The amphibians are found under leaf litter and hatch fully grown | Continue reading
The vehicle dubbed ECHO slowly rolls up to the birds without stressing them and may allow researchers to monitor their ecosystem more closely | Continue reading
Water levels in both Lake Mead and Lake Powell have dropped to historic lows as the West experiences the most severe megadrought in 1,200 years | Continue reading
The Bohorodchany Iconostasis has withstood religious persecution, revolutions and world wars. Can it survive Russia’s brutal assault? | Continue reading
A new book examines the lives of muses across history and the role they played in shaping treasured works like "The Kiss" and "Ophelia" | Continue reading
The culprits sawed the life-sized bronze tribute to Marjorie Tallchief into pieces | Continue reading
The culprits sawed the life-sized bronze tribute to Marjorie Tallchief into pieces | Continue reading
A new arrangement will make 7,000 of the American realist's works available to museums and researchers | Continue reading
Aseel Rawashdeh's inexpensive larvicide kills disease-spreading species and spares beneficial ones | Continue reading
A new exhibition, “Mind Over Matter,” invites viewers to pause and connect with the teachings of Zen Buddhism | Continue reading
Found in Switzerland, some of the buried Roman coins were minted during a time of relative political stability, between 332 and 335 C.E. | Continue reading
Researchers assessed over 10,000 species in a comprehensive new study | Continue reading
The pilot program to limit tourist access to the “Floating City” is voluntary—for now | Continue reading
Archaeologists think the devotional zone was dedicated to the god Ba'al | Continue reading
The rare fossil could sell for $6 million at auction | Continue reading
Alan B. Shepard's historic Mercury spacesuit undergoes hours of conservation work for its debut when the National Air and Space Museum opens this fall | Continue reading
Nearly 50 years later, a similar disclosure revealed that the court is poised to overturn legalized abortion in the U.S. | Continue reading
A renewed focus on our brain's ability to cope with trauma sparks a special series of stories about the latest advancements in treatments of mental illness | Continue reading
From the 'I Ching' to an upcoming Netflix rom-com, interactive fiction dares us to decide what happens next | Continue reading
A new analysis identifies four life-size human figures and an 11-foot rattlesnake drawn on the ceiling of an unnamed cavern | Continue reading
Found in a cave in Mexico in 2012, the 10th- through 13th-century bones may have been displayed in a ritual tower of craniums | Continue reading
In beach towns and mountain villages, 'paradores' provide guests a truly authentic experience | Continue reading
The incident is the first time a predator has broken into the exhibit in its 50 year history | Continue reading
Celebrities paid tribute to the era of extravagance through gold-adorned ensembles, splashy headdresses and more | Continue reading
Ecstasy and the active ingredient in magic mushrooms have shown promise in clinical trials, but more testing is needed | Continue reading
The black morel mushrooms are grown in a climate-controlled environment that produces 20 pounds per square yard per year | Continue reading
An exhibition at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles shows how ancient Iran held its own against its better-known contemporaries | Continue reading
The device can launch three times higher than the current record for a robotic leap | Continue reading
A look at the researchers, inventors and community leaders who are bringing creativity and ingenuity to today's biggest challenges | Continue reading
Seventeen-year-old Benjamin Choi put his spare time during the pandemic to good use designing an accessible device that doesn't require brain surgery | Continue reading
Federal prosecutors say scammers sold fraudulent paintings and memorabilia to collectors and auction houses | Continue reading
A new exhibition in Budapest features almost 90 works by the Dutch artist and his peers | Continue reading
A new exhibition examines the sculptor’s friendship with Andy Warhol—and puts her back in the artistic canon of the 1960s | Continue reading
Just in time for spring, several winners capture a close-up view of fern spores to pollen tubes hidden in a flower petal | Continue reading
How a bias toward English-language science can result in preventable crises, duplicated efforts and lost knowledge | Continue reading
Hidden in plain sight along the Atlantic coastline connecting France and Spain, surprises abound in this ancient, autonomous community | Continue reading
The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways | Continue reading
An outlandish idea codenamed ‘Operation Fantasia’ aimed to demoralize the Axis power by mimicking legendary spirits | Continue reading