Researchers attempted to decode bonobo calls by recording their social context, then analyzed how the primates string together these vocalizations | Continue reading
Found at a beach in northern Poland, the nearly ten-inch-long artifact could be up to 2,500 years old. It had been lodged inside a lump of clay | Continue reading
Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at Philadelphia Zoo | Continue reading
The 15-song recording dates to the Liverpool band's failed audition for Decca Records in early 1962—months before it released its first hit | Continue reading
The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, eliminating the risks of an extraction surgery | Continue reading
Members of Just Stop Oil made headlines for their controversial demonstrations involving valuable artworks and artifacts. Now, they say they've achieved their initial goal | Continue reading
Generation Z is putting its own spin on knafeh, a dish first designed to quash a caliph's hunger pangs | Continue reading
Archaeologists previously assumed that East Asia did not see considerable tool development during the Middle Paleolithic, but new findings might change that widely held idea | Continue reading
When musician Ella Jenkins appeared on the show, she brought Black diasporic music and her signature songs to televisions across America | Continue reading
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Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body | Continue reading
Researchers previously assumed that some of the graves at the site were royal burials. A new study presents a different theory, which challenges existing ideas about early class structures | Continue reading
Paleontologists found a group of four-legged Triassic creatures preserved in the same bone bed—but they don’t know what killed the animals | Continue reading
The black and slightly orange Bigg’s killer whale was spotted swimming with its mother, Sedna, in the Salish Sea | Continue reading
The 3-year-old picked up an ancient Canaanite scarab that dates back to the Middle Bronze Age | Continue reading
A baseball diamond buried long ago at Manzanar has been rebuilt to honor the Americans who once played the sport there | Continue reading
A new project called Digital Delacroix is training cutting-edge technology on the French painter's style to unravel the lost artwork's secrets | Continue reading
A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years | Continue reading
Your feedback on a pioneering surgeon, a diligent historian and a sacred Southwestern site | Continue reading
The Chicago landmark represents the purest form of the American pastime | Continue reading
The trio's scheming became a crucial element of the fledgling nation's success in the Revolutionary War | Continue reading
Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a better chance of hitting the ball on their "sweet spot" | Continue reading
Ohan Breiding's "Belly of a Glacier" combines experimental film and photography to reflect on a moment of loss—and to fight against it | Continue reading
The system harnesses technology similar to that of devices like Alexa and Siri, according to the researchers, and improves on a previous model | Continue reading
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a priestess | Continue reading
Created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi, the three-foot-tall prop can be seen in the film hiding among stuffed animals in 10-year-old Elliott's closet | Continue reading
The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed headlines for its flight path | Continue reading
A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire | Continue reading
How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor helped kick-start the southern colonies' embrace of the radical cause | Continue reading
The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century | Continue reading
A small metal stamp discovered on a Danish island bears many similarities to the iconic seventh-century helmet | Continue reading
The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E. | Continue reading
Valerie the wiener dog is still on the loose, more than a year after she escaped during her parents’ vacation on Kangaroo Island | Continue reading
Chemical analyses revealed wine residue on both expensive goblets and common cups unearthed among the legendary city's ruins | Continue reading
At the New England Aquarium, the geriatric birds can now enjoy a quieter, calmer setting with an emphasis on personalized care | Continue reading
In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator Joseph McCarthy upended the nation | Continue reading
After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing in May 1945 | Continue reading
By delivering newspapers, munitions and secret messages to resistance groups, among many other incredible tasks, the brave fighters strove for a freer world | Continue reading
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most definitely don’t | Continue reading
One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full | Continue reading
The natural disaster compounds humanitarian concerns in a country already in the throes of a devastating civil war | Continue reading
The find offers archaeological evidence of the 20-year interlude when the British ruled St. Augustine, Florida, which was founded by the Spanish in 1565 | Continue reading
Isar Aerospace, the company behind the rocket, is still heralding the launch as a success due to the data it provided | Continue reading
Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, a pair of 22-year-old members of the British Royal Air Force, apologized for stealing a statue of the beloved bear from a park bench | Continue reading
The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new research | Continue reading
Unraveling the surprising science that gives colorful diamonds their special allure | Continue reading
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone | Continue reading
Saddle up for a visit to the most notorious town in the West, where a certain infamous showdown happens day after day | Continue reading