A massive genetic study found that stuttering is not just about nurture and may link to processing rhythm itself.

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

The Mjøstårnet tower in Norway is built from wood. Image via Wiki Commons. Our cities have become monuments of concrete and ...

New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could ...

We’ve all had a moment when we cursed at our teeth nerves for being so damn sensitive and painful. But if you’ve ever bitten ...

It was Tetracheilostoma carlae, the Barbados threadsnake. It’s the smallest known snake in the world. The species had not ...

Beneath a public square in Athens lies an engineering marvel that has been dormant for centuries. A part of it passes under a ...

Tucked away in storage at a Berlin museum, a modest wooden shrine had gone largely unstudied for decades. It looked ordinary ...

Aging has always been tied hand in hand with the passage of time: a slow and steady process. A little less energy here, a few ...

Across the board, “blue places” dominated the nostalgic landscape. About a third of all memories involved bodies of water. In ...

This description of the teething process comes from a 3,000-year-old medical handbook from ancient Assyria and Babylonia. The ...

From Roman artifacts to Picasso's gowns, this museum lets you hold the past. Most museums show just 3% of what they own. All ...