The year's most exciting discoveries include a Viking "piggy bank," a lost Native American settlement and a secret passageway hidden behind a bookshelf | Continue reading
A rocket carrying the $10 billion dollar invention blasted off Christmas morning and powered up as planned, providing astronomers with a long-awaited gift | Continue reading
Composed at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the classic Christmas song contains another message—one of unity | Continue reading
The protein-like immune molecules were found to block SARS-Cov-2 from entering human cells | Continue reading
An almanac, a silver coin and a cloth envelope were among the intriguing artifacts found in the box | Continue reading
This critter roamed Earth around 326 million years ago, and it's genus survived for 45 million years | Continue reading
As the ice retreats, water could carve new streams in the thawed out land | Continue reading
Ryugu is a carbonaceous, water-rich space rock with a unique, dark coloration and porous composition | Continue reading
The move arrives amid continuing crackdowns on pro-democracy protesters in the Asian city | Continue reading
Through history and across cultures, bugs have inspired artists and challenged viewers to shift their perspective | Continue reading
Researchers discovered jewelry and other artifacts from two sunken ships off the ancient port city of Caesarea | Continue reading
The Victorian artist's famous feline portraits are on view at England's Bethlem Museum of the Mind | Continue reading
Thrilling discoveries, hurdles in the fight against Covid and advancements in space exploration defined the past year | Continue reading
From archaeological finds to an invasive weed to Roman bathrooms, these were our most-read articles of the year | Continue reading
A leaping robot is challenging to design, but this one can hop six times its body length per second and nearly eight times its height | Continue reading
This Christmas season, researchers will finally get to unseal the contents of a soil sample from the Apollo 17 mission | Continue reading
The Baltimore Museum of Art recently opened a research center dedicated to the French artist | Continue reading
From the discovery of a large bioluminescent shark to the use of an innovative drone to study hurricanes, these are the best marine stories of the year | Continue reading
After going through an extensive conservation process, researchers found that the rock crystal artifact was inscribed with the name of a mysterious bishop | Continue reading
The virtual pet that turned '90s kids into round-the-clock caretakers turned 25 this year | Continue reading
Prior to this year, a beached specimen hadn't been seen since 2001 | Continue reading
The 50-second audio track was pieced together from data collected by NASA's Juno Spacecraft | Continue reading
The decision comes after more evidence linking the Johnson & Johnson shot to a rare blood clotting syndrome | Continue reading
A stunning fossil egg has allowed paleontologists to find new clues about a dinosaur’s early development | Continue reading
New analysis suggests the Celts arrived on the archipelago hundreds of years before the Vikings | Continue reading
These flesh-eating plants can be found in savage gardens from Oregon to Texas | Continue reading
The title is often a misnomer, with many species falling hundreds of appendages short of a thousand. With 1,306 feet, this new insect lives up to its name | Continue reading
The 800-year-old carved figure holding a falcon was found at a dig site in Norway | Continue reading
A Martian orbiter located a large reserve of hydrogen in a mountainous area of the Red Planet | Continue reading
If the chemical stops leaking into freshwater ecosystems, its concentration in some fish species can drop by more than 75 percent | Continue reading
Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore attracted the KKK's ire for their tireless promotion of civil rights in the Jim Crow South | Continue reading
The estimated $90 million deal will go mostly toward a scholarship fund for children from South Carolina and Georgia | Continue reading
At the launch of the Webb Space Telescope, the legacy of America’s favorite eye in the sky is best remembered with a look at a Smithsonian artifact | Continue reading
Archaeocyaths were the original reef builders, and one of the best places to see them is in the desert | Continue reading
The first global assessment of the insects revealed that more than 950 species are at risk for extinction | Continue reading
The record-breaking heat of June 2020 rings climate change 'alarm bells,' the World Meteorological Organization warns | Continue reading
The tiny swimmers wreak havoc across the globe, but the robofish shocked them enough to impair their survival and reproduction | Continue reading
Authorities in Jerusalem confiscated the stolen items, which included incense burners and coins and probably date to the Bar Kokhba revolt | Continue reading
Cognitive behavioral therapy is working well for some, but scientists are seeking new innovations to help people with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating | Continue reading
The painter forged a remarkable career as a disabled woman artist in 19th-century London | Continue reading
The weapon is covered in rust and dirt, but a new X-ray analysis suggests it once boasted rich decorations | Continue reading
Held across the U.S. in the early 20th century, the events sought to raise awareness for poor living conditions and offer the animals a holiday respite | Continue reading
Analysis of 4,500 artifacts suggests an early society between the Black and Caspian Seas turned against bling | Continue reading
Despite living in a heavily forested region, the areas that ancient humans inhabited had more grasses and fewer trees | Continue reading
One in every four organisms in the microbiomes they surveyed carries a plastic-degrading protein sequence | Continue reading
The prolific American writer shaped a generation of discourse around Black feminism and intersectionality | Continue reading
Also known as a mola, the fish are harmless to people but are extremely curious and will approach divers | Continue reading
Using a new technology, researchers say they’ve discovered a link between the chemical composition of pigments in Dutch paintings and historic conflicts | Continue reading