M.K. Stalin has announced a $1 million prize to decipher the enigmatic Indus Valley script. Scholars believe the script, ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

The Jesus Fish is one of the most recognizable Christian symbols today, often seen on car bumpers, jewelry, and church logos. While many believe it originated as a secret symbol during Roman ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.

The Mexica (i.e., the Aztecs) believed human blood nourished the sun, ensuring its daily rise, while in Mesopotamia, sacrifices were made ... by converting individual suffering and death into symbols ...

The prominent sociologist, writer, and U.C. Berkeley professor emeritus Michael Burawoy passed away on February 3. We present excerpts from three interviews with Burawoy, about marketization and ...

The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.