Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

The discovery is notable for its size – equivalent to three football pitches – which encompasses the burial sites of around 60 people. Unearthed by construction workers in the town of Tiel, the site ...

Royal Caribbean’s highly anticipated Discovery Class cruise ships are officially in the works.

A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as ...

Richard Butler receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust, the European Commission and the British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies. In 2025, dinosaurs were everywhere. In May, the ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...