For decades, astronomers expected Omega Centauri to contain thousands of black holes but could not find them. By following the subtle motion of one star, Hubble and Webb have now uncovered the first ...

Your dominant hand may not be naturally better after all. A strange elbow-writing test exposed what years of daily practice quietly changed. © Your Dominant Hand May ...

In 1858, a batch of sweets sold in Bradford, England, killed 20 people after arsenic was accidentally used instead of a harmless powder in their production. The disaster involved a popular hard candy ...

Two massive earthen walls on the Dahshur plateau, long dismissed as construction ramps, may actually be the remains of a 4,550-year-old dam system built to tame floods and supply water for one of ...

Archaeologists found evidence of an Odysseus sanctuary in northern Ithaca, including inscriptions, ritual objects, and remains showing a millennium-long cult. The site, known for more than two ...

Ancient DNA from China’s Shimao settlement reveals new clues about its people, origins, family systems, and ancient rituals.

Scientists found oxygen forming in the Pacific’s darkest depths, and the discovery could reshape the fight over mining the seafloor far below sunlight. © Oxygen Is ...

The name Sak Tahn Waax was found beside a formula describing relationships between time cycles and planetary movements. The discovery was made at the archaeological site of Xultun, where researchers ...

Microscopic fragments buried for hundreds of millions of years are forcing scientists to rethink when plants developed one of their most powerful survival tools. The study, published July 15 in ...

Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada spread over the northeastern United States, turning skies gray, orange, and yellow while driving air pollution to dangerous levels. The ...