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Researchers transformed swimming bacteria into replica of the da Vinci masterpiece, morphing likenesses of Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin
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The monument has sparked diplomatic tensions with Japan
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They helped eat through invasive algae that was suffocating corals in Kāne'ohe Bay
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A new analysis shows that the Egyptian mummies were being made long before 2600 B.C.
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Adding cheap magnets to the traps reduced shark and ray bycatch by a third and increased fish hauls by just as much, according to a new study
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When robots provided incorrect answers in social conformity test, children tended to follow their lead
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Italian researchers also found traces of disease-causing bacteria in what they believe is probably extremely aged cheese.
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The statue comes home 57 years ago after being stolen
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The toxic clump of sewage oil and waste housed at the Museum of London has, so far, changed colors, ‘sweated,’ hatched flies and grown yellow pustules
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The exhibition asks visitors to revisit the objects in their daily life that are often taken for granted
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Our collective culinary nightmare is over
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Hundreds of "sea potatoes"—actually the empty shells of a species of sea urchin—mysteriously washed up on Cornish beach last weekend
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A new study found that sleepless nights can make you—and the people around you—feel more socially withdrawn
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Early hominins' big toes were equipped for life on the ground and in the trees
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A new, powerful telescope in Chile will be able to detect tiny asteroid chunks circling our planet, which could be a goldmine for researchers
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Basalt axes from one quarry area indicate cooperation between clans, not warfare over resources as previously hypothesized
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A new website has digitized 300 objects from the Florence gallery’s Greek and Roman collection
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“168:01,” an installation now on view at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, encourages visitors to donate books to the University of Baghdad
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Park hopes that its avian garbage collectors will encourage humans to properly discard their rubbish
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Neolithic farmers switched from cattle to goat herding, abandoned communal dwellings for smaller households to adjust to new climate
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