Divers have found a medieval metropolis is sitting at the bottom of a mountain lake in Kyrgyzstan. The city, currently on the bottom of Lake Issyk-Kul is remarkably well-preserved, complete with brick ...

A microscopic layer of environmental carbon solves a long-standing mystery about static electricity's true origins.

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Dick Van Dyke, the legendary American actor and comedian who starred in classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang ...

The bow and arrow only arrived in western North America 1,400 years ago, according to a recent dating of over a hundred ancient weapons. This is surprising given this technology was widespread in the ...

Women of Kenya’s Turkana community often walk miles each day in scorching heat to collect water for their animals and ...

If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000 years ago, even a small cut could be deadly. Without sterile bandages or antibiotics, ...

A simple note from the trash reveals proof of the existence of a Nubian king and insight into how a kingdom was run.

Working with 10 mice, they monitored roughly 8,000 neurons in the primary visual cortex of each animal while the mice watched ...

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In the figure of Enheduanna, we see a powerful figure of great creativity, whose passionate praise of the goddess of love ...

U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis ...