Astronauts on the International Space Station used fidget spinners to demonstrate Newton’s laws of motion. What happens ...

The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

People, and men in particular, have long mixed solid science and serious quackery in the pursuit of longevity. Credit...Claire Merchlinsky/The New York Times; Photographs by Getty Images Supported ...

Humanity’s oldest epic is a doomed quest for immortality: About four millennia ago, the Sumerians told of a Mesopotamian king named Gilgamesh who set out to find life everlasting and briefly ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

According to myth, cave wyrms are terrifying creatures that live deep inside mountain caves, or sometimes in marshes and fens ...

India is marking its 76th Republic Day today (). This year’s celebrations are extra special as the Constitution, which came ...

On Thursday, a group of Chinese archaeologists, professors, and students visited the UNESCO World Heritage site of Susa in ...

One of three stone tablets found in northeastern Iraq that may reveal more information about Mesopotamian life ... stelaes were constructed by two kings who made an alliance and went to war ...