On the island of Laeso in Denmark, one man is reviving the lost art of eelgrass thatching and, in doing so, bringing attention to a plant that has great potential | Continue reading
A recurrent nova, known as the Blaze Star or T Coronae Borealis, is predicted to soon appear in the night sky. But the exact timing of the rare eruption remains unknown | Continue reading
The newly restored "Charing Cross Bridge," which once hung in the politician's drawing room, is now on display at London's Courtauld Gallery | Continue reading
While the annual shower usually makes for a sleepy showing, it has been known to produce fantastic outbursts in the past | Continue reading
Experts say that the trove of silver currency is official treasure and includes coins from England and Ireland | Continue reading
A $1 million grant from the U.S. is the latest effort to support Ukraine's fight to preserve its rich past | Continue reading
The new findings bring storm researchers one step closer to solving the mystery of how lightning forms | Continue reading
Lizzy, the avatar based on the novel’s Elizabeth Bennet, will hold period-accurate conversations with visitors at Jane Austen’s cottage home | Continue reading
The brain diagram, called a connectome, could revolutionize researchers' understanding of the human brain, which has many parallels with a fruit fly's | Continue reading
A recent exhibition shows how soldiers sent in votes during the Civil War and World War II, as many Americans would in 2020 following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic | Continue reading
Fifty years ago, on October 5, 1974, David Kunst completed the first verified circumnavigation of the globe on foot. Along the way, he met Princess Grace of Monaco, raised money for UNICEF and lost a brother to bandits | Continue reading
At the site known as Oued Beht, archaeologists uncovered evidence of a large farming settlement where people used advanced techniques | Continue reading
Arthur “Jack” Schubarth cloned illegally imported genetic material from the Marco Polo argali to create hybrid sheep that would draw higher prices from hunting preserves | Continue reading
A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership | Continue reading
The USS Stewart was purposefully sunk off the coast of California after the war | Continue reading
Though breast cancer mortality is declining overall, Asian American women and women under 50 have experienced an uptick in diagnoses of the disease | Continue reading
Orbiting Barnard's star, the nearest solo star to Earth, the world is too hot to be habitable—a scorching 257 degrees Fahrenheit | Continue reading
For years, the owner's son had wondered about the artwork, which features the Spanish painter's signature. Now, some experts think it's the real deal | Continue reading
While other bears battled over fish in a prime spot, Otis would sit off to the side and wait for the fish to come to him. But so far this year, he hasn’t been spotted in Katmai National Park and Preserve | Continue reading
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, is one of the only sources of high-purity quartz on Earth, but it has been left battered by the storm's heavy rains | Continue reading
Two weeks ago, organizers of Project Skydrop stashed a golden statuette in a secret location somewhere in the northeastern United States | Continue reading
The wild canines have the same muscles used by domestic dogs to create the wide-eyed, pleading look that captures humans' hearts | Continue reading
While expectations are high for some special sightings, experts warn that comets are notoriously fickle and unpredictable | Continue reading
Researchers studying the ancient site of Fregellae reveal the consequences of challenging the Roman army | Continue reading
The show coincides with an initiative that will give away 49 of the tree's saplings to individuals and communities across the country | Continue reading
Researchers suspect the marine mammals may have been communicating across the vast distance | Continue reading
Earth's highest peak has gained as much as an extra 165 feet in elevation as the planet's crust adjusts due to erosion from a river, according to a new study | Continue reading
The Fish and Wildlife Service will consider granting federal protections to the Bethany Beach firefly, which is rapidly losing its coastal habitat to development and climate change | Continue reading
The long-term loan is the latest agreement Yemen has made with a museum in order to protect its cultural heritage amid ongoing civil war | Continue reading
Built by the Moche people in the seventh century, the stunningly painted space shows signs of heavy use, including an eroded throne and traces of human hair | Continue reading
Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna | Continue reading
The Kyoto museum will feature interactive exhibits, gaming artifacts, workshop spaces and oversized controllers inspired by iconic video games | Continue reading
A SpaceX mission arrived at the International Space Station with two astronauts instead of four to leave room for NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on the return trip in early 2025 | Continue reading
The "John Evenson" tugboat was helping another ship enter the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in Wisconsin when it sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1895 | Continue reading
The world’s slowest mammal is at risk of extinction by the end of the century due to their low metabolic rate and climate change | Continue reading
The predatory pod hunts off the coast of Chile and is led by a matriarch called Dakota | Continue reading
In the dusty landscape surrounding the city of Marfa, a huge 3D printer is constructing 43 new rooms and 18 residential homes as part of an expansion of El Cosmico | Continue reading
New studies suggest smoke from western megafires may be damaging bird health and leading to strange behavior | Continue reading
In the early 1990s, historians and the public alike questioned how Disney's America would accurately and sensitively document the nation's thorny past | Continue reading
Two members of Just Stop Oil staged the original demonstration in late 2022. Group members say the harsh penalties will not deter their efforts | Continue reading
Researchers say burying wood could be a viable method to prevent carbon from reaching the atmosphere | Continue reading
Sea robins have 'the body of a fish, the wings of a bird and multiple legs like a crab' | Continue reading
A new exhibition in New York City uses more than 200 texts and artifacts to contemplate Lincoln's rise to the nation's highest office | Continue reading
The artists known as OSGEMEOS showcase the largest exhibition of their work in the United States at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Continue reading
The Dutch seized the majority of the items in the aftermath of a brutal 1906 conflict that killed an estimated 1,000 Balinese | Continue reading
Unexplored iron-rich magma could help power current and future technologies | Continue reading
New research has revealed that the mysterious white substance found alongside three ancient mummies was once a soft cheese called kefir | Continue reading
The discovery has implications for human health, since the microbes included some that were still viable, some that could be infectious to humans and others that carried drug-resistant genes | Continue reading