What it tells us about the past: In 1860, a farmer was tilling a field in central Slovakia when he unearthed a spectacular paneled gold Byzantine crown. For more than a century, experts have argued ...

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

Researchers at MIT have tested a new technology for turning water vapor in the atmosphere into drinkable water, even in ...

The obesity drug liraglutide cut migraine days in half in a small trial, though more research is needed to exclude the placebo effect, researchers said.

One summer night in 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall was looking through his telescope in Washington, D.C. Mars was at ...

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

Scientists have discovered the farthest-ever 'mini-halo,' a sea of charged particles around a distant galaxy cluster that ...

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Yet some regions are far enough from tectonic plate boundaries to contain rocks that have remained unchanged for billions of ...

The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing red gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack ...

That continuous sound makes felines unique in their ability to purr. Domestic cats ( Felis catus ), however, aren't the only ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...