This gold pendant was discovered in 1930 at the cemetery of Chrysolakkos, which means "pit of gold," in the ancient Minoan town of Malia in Crete. Although the famed archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans ...

NOAA forecasts suggest we could experience La Niña conditions in the fall and early winter. However, this potential La Niña ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

One question, for instance, might be why can't we? Atoms, which are the building blocks of matter, are mostly empty space.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed Candor Chasma in Mars' Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the ...

Pallas's cat is a small wild cat native to Central Asia with short legs and dense fur, making it look bigger than it really ...

A viral story raised the idea of using robots outfitted with artificial wombs to incubate human babies from conception to ...

A story circulating on social media this week featured a seemingly made-up scientist who is developing an equally imaginary ...

The discovery of a Christian cross proves that eighth-century houses found in the United Arab Emirates were part of a ...

Douglas-firs ( Pseudotsuga menziesii) are Oregon's most common trees, but the tree that's ablaze, known as the Doerner Fir, ...

Robot Drummer isn’t a robot itself; rather, it's a simulation that uses the G1 Unitree robot as a model to build a system ...

Cuts to Medicaid and legal confusion around patient care post-Roe v. Wade may prevent improvements in the maternal mortality ...