2007 OR10 needs a snazzier moniker; the public can now choose between ‘Gonggong,’ ‘Holle’ and ‘Vili’
'Homo luzonensis' boasted an eclectic mix of features comparable different species of hominins
The index is part of the Libro de los Epítomes, an effort by Christopher Columbus' illegitimate son to create a searchable index of the world's knowledge
Academics have argued about the origins of the Old English epic for two centuries
A Berlin exhibition draws on some 250 artifacts to explore questions of democracy past and present
More than 30 works from his nearly 40-year career are featured in the traveling show, now in Los Angeles
The fossils were so well-preserved that the researchers could even see marks left by raindrops
A study finds that one inscription on an early Leonardo drawing was penned with the artist’s left hand, while another was written with his right
The thermal-imaging expertise of astronomers helped researchers find the great apes in the hot, humid jungles of Borneo
The 140-pound snake is the largest ever captured in the Florida Everglades' Big Cypress National Preserve
The Norwegian painter split the canvas in two following a violent breakup with partner Tulla Larsen
Two patient archaeologists organized and scanned the images to find structures destroyed or covered up over the last 60 years
A new study has identified Chicago, Dallas and Houston as the riskiest spots during both the spring and fall migrations
An extended and intensified allergy season is one of the most visible effects of climate change
The yellow meranti in Malaysia's Sabah state is 330 feet tall and weighs more than a jetliner
Authorities and international scientists have signed an agreement pledging to release the whales "back into their natural environment"
A new Smithsonian Channel documentary may affirm long-standing suspicions about the Polish fighter’s identity
The September 2018 blaze destroyed the 200-year-old building and reduced the majority of its 20-million artifact collection to ash
A new study dispels the belief that the sharks are too large to maneuver through dense kelp growths
Major ground-rupturing quakes have not taken place along the faults since 1918, but that may mean the next century will be on shaky ground
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