A unique statue dating back to the fifth dynasty of ancient Egypt has been discovered at the necropolis of Saqqara.

Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests.

Visigoth women may have worn eagle-shaped pins as a symbol of power. These two eagle-shaped pins were discovered in central ...

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Forecasters expect Hurricane Humberto to pull Tropical Storm Imelda away from landfall and into a Fujiwhara dance, but the East Coast is still set to experience heavy rains and life-threatening rip ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single ...

By using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position ...

Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The "mold ...

We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new ...

​​For something curative and healing, most medicines have a surprisingly noxious taste. From bitter-tasting syrups to the ...