History is usually written by the winners. But a haul of ceramics from the Singapore Strait is rewriting that history.

A new re-examination suggests the piece was not an awl at all, but a drill bit used with a bow drill, making it one of the ...

When it comes to cancer, up meat creates a distinct biological trade-off, acting as a powerful shield against five types of ...

Thousands of small, fast-spinning turbines were erected directly in the flight paths of golden eagles. It was one of the earliest large-scale renewable projects, and the result was a tragic, ...

This is the first instance of this crop produced in this medium. Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you think about lunar agriculture. But a new study suggests the humble legume ...

Scientists working at the El Caño Archaeological Park recently cracked open a thousand-year-old burial chamber glittering with gold. Located in the Natá de los Caballeros District, about 124 miles ...

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

“Tanyka is from an ancient lineage that we didn’t know survived to this time, and it’s also just a really strange animal,” Jason Pardo, the study’s lead author, said in a statement. “The jaw has this ...

Researchers have developed an injectable, self-assembling miniature liver to help patients awaiting organ transplants.

Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas. In today’s fossil-fuelled economy, markets ...

The computer-generated "ideal glass" solves a 75-year-old physics paradox and promises revolutionary materials.

While other wealthy nations have spent decades making childbirth safer, the US has watched its maternal mortality rate climb to disturbing heights. It’s a grim paradox because the US also spends more ...