Italy wants a Roman replica of "Doryphoros" in the Minneapolis Institute of Art returned | Continue reading
A devastating attack at a Scottish primary school sparked national outcry—and a successful campaign for gun reform | Continue reading
In the mid-1990s, tens of thousands left in boats or handcrafted floats facing treacherous waters in search of a better life | Continue reading
Mapping technology cut through the canopy to detect sprawling urban structures in Bolivia that suggest sophisticated cultures once existed | Continue reading
Larvae and pupae found in seed pods at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport last fall hatched into Salma brachyscopalis Hampson moths | Continue reading
The recently confiscated painting is worth an estimated $7 million | Continue reading
The amphibians stretch their limbs and tails to glide in a smooth style | Continue reading
Author Carlo Collodi may have drawn inspiration from one—or a few—female figures in his life | Continue reading
Donated to the head of Catholic University’s drama department in 1973, the garment's ownership is now at the center of a legal dispute | Continue reading
The state's archaeologists believe people quarried red ocher at Powars II starting 12,840 years ago | Continue reading
To residents of Southern California with ties to the Eastern European nations, the conflict feels close to home | Continue reading
Even if her husband was a murderer, a woman in a bad marriage once had few options. Unless she fled to South Dakota | Continue reading
Your thoughts on Italian villages, the legend of the music tree and the politics of wind power | Continue reading
For more than a century, museum artifacts were acquired in ways we no longer find acceptable. How can we repair the damage? | Continue reading
The drug's initial successes have upended what many neuroscientists know about the brain and mental illness | Continue reading
Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood | Continue reading
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine | Continue reading
After two and a half years of issues, the spacecraft's successful arrival is an important next step in NASA's commercial crew program | Continue reading
Reconstructing the scentscapes of bygone civilizations is anything but simple | Continue reading
The mammals rub on invertebrates, possibly to contact substances that might work like antibacterial creams | Continue reading
Forget Dolly the Sheep. The birth of a mouse named Cumulina 25 years ago launched a genetic revolution | Continue reading
Fossilized feces found near the Neolothic monument suggests its builders chowed down on undercooked animal organs | Continue reading
A new explores two sides of female divinity | Continue reading
An unpublished memoir reveals how the world’s most famous child actress became a star of the environmental movement | Continue reading
One sculptor and his team of artists take on the epic project of conveying the century-old conflict through a massive bronze installation | Continue reading
The hunt for the true story behind Melville's hyphen is as mysterious as the famous white whale | Continue reading
Researchers suspect that the dolphins were playing with the boa, but many questions about the behavior remain | Continue reading
Two unoccupied houses fell into the Atlantic Ocean on North Carolina’s Outer Banks this week | Continue reading
A team of scientists from around the world collaborated to get a visual peek of the supermassive object | Continue reading
A new study shows that, when exposed to sunlight, anemones turn a chemical found in sunscreen into a toxin | Continue reading
A exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the archaeological find by spotlighting the overlooked workers who made it possible | Continue reading
"Christ the Protector" is taller than Rio de Janeiro's most famous monument | Continue reading
Fifty years ago, a fame-seeker shot the polarizing politician five times, paralyzing him from the waist down | Continue reading
It may have been created as a way for Neo-Assyrian officials to curry favor with local residents | Continue reading
If protected from illegal fishing, scientists say the critically endangered species has enough genetic diversity to recover | Continue reading
New research suggests that at least one species kept its dagger-shaped teeth inside, not outside, its closed mouth | Continue reading
A new study finds that artists who had creative portfolios before an initial hit were more likely to continue creating hits | Continue reading
The statues acknowledge the suffering of bondswomen overshadowed by the white doctor who operated on them without their consent | Continue reading
Part of a burgeoning field of 'edible metamaterials,' Dutch physicists found that 3-D printed spiral-shaped candies give the ideal eating experience | Continue reading
The seven-foot statues have expressionless faces—and a mysterious history | Continue reading
Experts are debating who the bust portrays, but they agree on one thing—a thrift store is an unusual spot to find a millennia-old statue | Continue reading
Doctors say this infection will likely be preventable in future pig heart transplants | Continue reading
Adam Hardin discovered the impressive brown gem at an Arkansas state park | Continue reading
Bend it. Stretch it. Use it to conduct electricity. Researchers are exploring a range of applications that harness gallium's unusual properties | Continue reading
Medical professionals are embracing the technology to help patients deal with PTSD, anxiety disorders and more | Continue reading
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently—and in a crowd | Continue reading
The amphibians are found under leaf litter and hatch fully grown | Continue reading
The vehicle dubbed ECHO slowly rolls up to the birds without stressing them and may allow researchers to monitor their ecosystem more closely | Continue reading