Located in Ostia Antica, the mikvah dates to the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Researchers say it's the earliest discovery of its kind outside the Middle East | Continue reading
The spacecraft Hera's photographs are some of the few visuals ever captured of the Martian moon's dark side | Continue reading
The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years ago, according to a new study | Continue reading
The band has now secured a world record for playing more than 340 concerts on instruments made from produce. After each concert, the band members serve soup to the audience | Continue reading
The Ocean Census hopes to discover thousands of new creatures before they go extinct | Continue reading
To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art made in the borough | Continue reading
The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ship's wheelsman, was the only survivor | Continue reading
The Maryland Department of Transportation launched an interactive virtual museum, showcasing finds from where Ben Ross lived after emancipation | Continue reading
Utterances like "um," "wow" and "mm-hmm" aren't garbage—they keep conversations flowing | Continue reading
The Maryland Department of Transportation launched an interactive virtual museum, showcasing finds from where Ben Ross lived after emancipation | Continue reading
Wall-to-wall books tell an interior design story without saying a word | Continue reading
After an unexpected nine months in orbit, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are waiting for the arrival of Crew-10 before they head home. That launch is now expected for Friday | Continue reading
The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal | Continue reading
A paleontologist studied the 200-million-year-old prints that had been hiding in plain sight, then discovered even more tracks in another rock sitting in a nearby parking lot | Continue reading
On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the paper | Continue reading
A theater patron found the glass bottle behind a decorative crown positioned 40 feet above the stage. The note was dated 1906, the year the King's Theater opened in Edinburgh | Continue reading
Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins adapted to environmental changes long ago | Continue reading
Demilitarized zones—from Vietnam to Korea, Cyprus and Antarctica—require tourists to look beyond what exists and to find the real stories in what doesn’t | Continue reading
The drag marks and footprints were discovered in present-day New Mexico. Researchers say they're some of the earliest known examples of transport vehicles | Continue reading
Appointed in 1910, Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free of vice and immorality | Continue reading
The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a large rock | Continue reading
Called SPHEREx, the instrument will map 450 million galaxies and search for water molecules that may be clinging to space dust | Continue reading
One of the toilets, likely used by the crown prince and his court ladies, may have drained directly into a nearby river | Continue reading
Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites more vulnerable to damage, according to new research | Continue reading
Found at the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, the 2,600-year-old trove includes a necklace depicting a golden trio of Egyptian deities | Continue reading
The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most well-studied galaxies, but new findings suggest it might have been holding a giant secret | Continue reading
The heat mapping of metros like Reno, Nevada, could be key to taming urban heat, saving lives and designing for a cooler future | Continue reading
The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved almost 30,000 participants | Continue reading
Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating | Continue reading
Likely removed by Nazi researchers, the scrap of fabric is a small but crucial part of the tattered tapestry's nearly 1,000-year history | Continue reading
The animals were likely gifted to some elites, then spread throughout the region | Continue reading
A new paper suggests the enormous, extinct shark looked less like a bulky great white and more like an elongated lemon shark | Continue reading
A new study finds the popular, fluttering insects have declined by 22 percent in the last 20 years | Continue reading
The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain | Continue reading
After conducting a new analysis, some researchers think it may be the only portrait of Grey created during her lifetime—a conclusion that has generated controversy | Continue reading
Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious mix of features | Continue reading
Researchers compared genetic markers of aging to daily temperature records in areas across the United States and found that elderly people exposed to more hot days showed more rapid biological aging | Continue reading
The rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British royalist ideas into the romantic ode, according to researchers | Continue reading
The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish Witchcraft Act | Continue reading
For three and a half blocks, athletes and ungulates share the road during the headlining event of Alaska's Fur Rendezvous Festival | Continue reading
The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically embedding it in the eye | Continue reading
From stunning landscapes to captivating portraits, the photographs showcase the diverse beauty of the world around us. Vote for your favorite, too, for the Readers' Choice competition | Continue reading
As Virginia's first female newspaper publisher, Clementina Rind emphasized women's viewpoints and collaborated with prominent politicians like Thomas Jefferson | Continue reading
Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, which are critical to tropical ecosystems | Continue reading
The record-breaking park features some grass, a seat and a decorative stepping stone. It's even smaller than Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, which had held the title since 1971 | Continue reading
Scientists studying Eurasian coots in Amsterdam found layers of decades-old garbage in their urban nests | Continue reading
Titled "Resistance," a new exhibition curated by filmmaker Steve McQueen examines 100 years of struggles against the status quo, from women's suffrage to the war in Iraq | Continue reading
The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by strings that passed through their necks | Continue reading