The captain said he would "rather lose any sum of money than to have the brute perish as he did" | Continue reading
The global average surface temperature soared to 17.15 degrees Celsius on Monday, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a short-lived record set on Sunday | Continue reading
Ilê Sartuzi briefly pocketed a 17th-century coin to make a statement about looted artifacts held by the museum | Continue reading
Technology has advanced sports including fencing and pole vaulting | Continue reading
All of the wild Brazilian sharpnose sharks tested in a new study had the drug in their bodies, but many questions remain about cocaine's effects on aquatic creatures—and the humans who eat them | Continue reading
Caught between steel mills, suburbs and a hard place, the 15,000-acre site is a fantasia of biodiversity—and a case study for hard-fought conservation | Continue reading
This summer, don’t be embarrassed by those pit stains or your drenched workout clothes. Our expert on the science of sweat says perspiration is what makes humans faster, higher and stronger | Continue reading
The small artifact, discovered near an ancient farmstead, features an engraving of the goddess Minerva | Continue reading
Though not as prolific as the Perseids, this annual spectacle is 'scientifically interesting' because its comet of origin remains a mystery | Continue reading
Officials introduced the day-tripper fee to fight overtourism in the historic city, but critics aren't convinced it's helping | Continue reading
A new study finds the average chimpanzee response time in gestured conversations is 120 milliseconds, which isn’t that far from the human average of 200 milliseconds | Continue reading
A conservator in northern England stumbled upon the work on the reverse side of a piece called "Bar Scene" | Continue reading
In a first for taxonomy, researchers opted to change scientific names containing derivatives of the slur “caffra” to derivatives of “afr,” in reference to the plants' origins in Africa | Continue reading
New research suggests that a discrepancy in rocks shows they endured extreme heat, and reveals more about an ancient part of our planet’s history | Continue reading
Some of these age-old subterranean spaces have even been transformed into amusement parks, art galleries and restaurants | Continue reading
After a career marked by major discoveries, the JOIDES Resolution is likely on its last official mission to retrieve rock cores from the ocean floor | Continue reading
Peter and Paul Wentworth called on Elizabeth I to name an heir to the throne, wielding Parliament's free speech privileges to urge the queen to take action | Continue reading
The sale's big-ticket item, a torch from the 1960 Winter Games, did not end up selling | Continue reading
The glass-covered lakefront convention center has long been known among wildlife advocacy groups as a site of mass casualties for migratory birds | Continue reading
Chandra, the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope, has been peering at black holes, stellar explosions and dark energy for a quarter-century | Continue reading
The underwater expedition took place at a site that was flooded during the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s | Continue reading
Three of the realist painter's most famous artworks came to life in an interactive installation in Manhattan | Continue reading
Loosely based on Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century collection of short stories, the series follows a group of Italian nobles and servants who flee to the countryside to escape the Black Death | Continue reading
Their food supply in East African lakes could collapse as rains increase | Continue reading
William "W.R." Saxon filed a lawsuit against the company that forced him to move to the back of the bus, seeking damages for the discrimination and mental anguish he’d faced | Continue reading
Archaeologists think the Roman army constructed it to contain the revolting gladiator in 71 B.C.E. | Continue reading
An estimated 400,000 people per year are permanently disabled because of snake venom, which can cause lesions and necrosis at the bite site | Continue reading
A new study mapped large, temporary changes in brain areas related to introspection and one's sense of self, after participants took a dose of the drug psilocybin | Continue reading
Researchers constructed the vessel using a list of materials found on a 4,000-year-old clay tablet | Continue reading
The bold choices of female athletes like Serena Williams have pushed brands, including Nike and Speedo, to produce better gear | Continue reading
Colonial militiamen fired the lead balls on April 19, 1775—and likely missed their mark | Continue reading
The list includes European royals, Darth Vader's stunt double and an American World War II general | Continue reading
Researchers uncovered skeletal remains of two people in the ancient city that seem to have been killed by a building collapse caused by seismic activity | Continue reading
The project was intended to look for water ice in the shaded craters on the lunar south pole | Continue reading
Featuring painted stucco walls, the structure likely dates to between 200 and 600 C.E. | Continue reading
The Navy secretary officially cleared the 256 Black service members who were punished in connection with the explosion in Port Chicago, California | Continue reading
The creature's bones show evidence of cutting with stone tools, adding to a series of findings that suggest humans were present in the Americas earlier than thought | Continue reading
Fifty-five years after the first human lunar landing, scholars and experts are looking to preserve the past as more nations and companies undertake moon missions | Continue reading
Paintings, sketches and correspondence shed light on the drama surrounding the famed “Peacock Room” | Continue reading
Musical instruments have existed for eons, and humans continue to create and enjoy them | Continue reading
The new definition would define planets based on mass, rather than more ambiguous shape and size characteristics | Continue reading
"Dog Days of Summer" features artworks in a variety of styles made between 1915 and the present | Continue reading
Run by researchers at Cal Poly, the stream is part of a citizen science initiative that aims to change the public's perception of the much-maligned reptiles | Continue reading
The city spent $1.5 billion to improve water quality in the river, where several Olympic events are scheduled to take place | Continue reading
The state's fires have burned more than 11 times as much land so far in 2024 than they had at this point last year, according to the most recent numbers from Cal Fire | Continue reading
The French are known for their pastries, but few desserts garner as much attention as this dried-out cake resuscitated with rum | Continue reading
Scientists have discovered more whale falls there than in the rest of the world combined | Continue reading
A new mini-series offers a fictionalized take on two unrelated 1969 cases: the mysterious disappearance of bartender Shirley Lee Parker and the murder of 11-year-old Esther Lebowitz | Continue reading