This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Beneath the surface, remarkable treasures remain buried, slowly succumbing to time and nature. Once symbols of wealth and history, these hidden gems now rest untouched, waiting to be rediscovered.

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

A solar eclipse in the year 2471 BC may have influenced architectural change in Egypt, challenging Pharaonic traditions.

Like the Ouroboros—the mythical serpent that bites its own tail to form a circle with no beginning or end, and served as a ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing insights into life's ingredients on Earth, paralleling those found in the Revelstoke meteorite's analysis.

Burial Chamber Reveals 1,200-Year-Old Upright Viking Swords, Symbol of Respect to Valhalla Warriors Two ancient Viking swords ...