Fibers that change color under pressure helped researchers predict knot performance
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will image the entire visible night sky every few nights
A new study has found that Norse hunters began pursuing smaller animals at increasingly risky distances in "a classic pattern of resource depletion"
The discovery provides insight on how Iron Age Britons adopted the Roman lifestyle
A new multimedia show includes the primatologist's childhood possessions, a 3-D film and a "Chimp Chat" station
Punta Ventana, a natural stone archway, fell amid a spate of earthquakes that have been rattling the island
The program was slightly better than human radiologists at spotting abnormalities in mammograms
The find may challenge modern notions about the starch-starved “paleo diet”
In 1945, Giichi Matsumura set off for the Sierra Nevada mountains. He never came back
Joseph Henry Loveless murdered his wife with an axe more than 100 years ago. Now, his dismembered remains have been identified
The table ensured standard measurements for buying and selling in the first century A.D.
A new collaboration between the New England Aquarium and the engineering firm Draper seeks to use satellite sonar and radar data to create a global watch
Despite Eliot’s assertions to the contrary, the letters point to a passionate love between the duo
Scientists baked volcanic minerals in a box furnace to model how quickly lava ages on the planet’s harsh surface
The viral infection may have made its first hop into humans when large cities arose
Keepers are gradually introducing Athena, who made her debut at the zoo in December, to fellow two-toed sloth Vlad. Sparks have not flown—yet
The damaged drawing was hidden on the back of a clay cuneiform tablet
The clay figures are part of the vast subterranean army built to protect the formidable emperor Qin Shi Huang in the afterlife
The famed Copper Age mummy's bowstring is the world's oldest known specimen
The genetically modified crop could help combat the country’s vitamin A deficiency
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