The annual award ceremony featured costumes, songs and paper airplanes as scientists recognized comedic research across ten disciplines
When the blaze in Moscow subsided on September 18, 1812, the French—who had traveled hundreds of miles into Russia—were left without vital resources as a brutal winter approached
Archaeologists unearthed a series of mudbrick rooms filled with religious tributes, soldiers' personal effects, engraved weaponry and animal bones
A new paper analyzes three decades of fatalities around the world and predicts how "superbugs" will affect human health in the future
Experts have confirmed that the image of "Knight, Death and the Devil" is a real master engraving by the renowned German artist Albrecht Dürer
"A Soldier's Journey," a 58-foot-long bronze artwork depicting vivid scenes from the war, was illuminated for the first time at a ceremony on September 13
Officials launched an investigation and recovered the $360,000 print less than a week after it vanished from Grove Gallery. Two men have been charged for the crime
The noisy-but-shy bird, known as the hoiho, has earned the most votes for a second time amid threats to its survival
"Le Lyonnais" descended into the depths off the coast of Massachusetts after colliding with the "Adriatic," a sailing vessel that left the floundering steamship to fend for itself
Two Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority railcars were added to an artificial reef off the coast of Georgia to create more wildlife habitat
A melting glacier caused a mountain in Greenland to collapse into a narrow fjord, setting off an oscillating wave that rattled seismic detectors around the world
Investigators discovered that the original print of "The Roaring Lion" had been sold to a buyer in Italy
Officials in Extremadura are hoping to attract digital nomads and tech workers in a bid to boost the region's shrinking population
New DNA analysis adds to growing research indicating the famous Pacific island did not collapse from overuse of resources before the arrival of Europeans
September’s full moon delivers a rare trifecta for lunar enthusiasts: a supermoon, a partial eclipse and a harvest moon
The historic text, which bears the signature of Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson, was one of 100 copies ordered on September 28, 1787
From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the cosmos in sharp detail
At an upcoming exhibition, the Smithsonian museum will display works by the two boundary-breaking artists for the first time
The young architect created the Winslow house for a couple living in a suburb of Chicago in 1893. The project would help launch his independent career
New research indicates that birds are not alone while migrating—and sharing space with other species may even help them on the journey
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