Ground-penetrating radar reveals a long-lost river system hidden under the surface of Mars. (NASA/JPL/UCLA/UiO/ETH Zurich) ...

The Serapeum holds massive stone boxes that display signs of advanced machining, raising questions about the technology used by ancient Egyptians.

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the ...

The oceans of the Cretaceous of North America teemed with life. Gigantic fish and enormous marine reptiles hunted the Western ...

A massive rock from Mars, known as Black Beauty, has yielded new insights into the planet’s history. Scientists used advanced ...

Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

A prehistoric plant distills water so intensely it looks it came from space. Researchers at the University of New Mexico have discovered that a common, prehistoric plant distills water to such an ...

New research reveals how the invention of a crucial Ice Age technology helped humans defend against extreme cold during ancient global migrations.

This next story has it all - ancient texts, modern science and poop. What? You want more context? OK, fine. Researchers have found hard evidence of an ancient medical remedy involving essential oils ...

The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet to find the crater.

"Only the use of technology can guarantee a future for all this memory of life lived in Pompeii." ...