Archaeologists in South Africa have found direct evidence of the world's oldest arrow poison on 60,000 year old quartz arrowheads, revealing advanced chemical knowledge.

Scientists at China's EAST facility have broken a long-standing fusion energy limit, achieving a stable, high-density plasma state previously thought impossible.

The global food system relies on pesticides, but their environmental cost is high. Can we reduce their use without threatening food security? A look at the science.

The global food system relies on pesticides, but their environmental cost is high. Can we reduce their use without threatening food security? A look at the science.

A groundbreaking study reveals Egypt's Karnak Temple was built on a sacred island that emerged from the Nile, mirroring the ancient creation myth of a primordial mound.

9,500 years ago, Native Americans in the Great Lakes region were among the world's first coppersmiths. Then, they suddenly abandoned the craft. Why? Learn the story.

Beneath Wisconsin's Lake Mendota lies a stunning secret: a 5,200-year-old canoe cache, revealing a sophisticated transport network of ancient Indigenous engineers.

In a major breakthrough, scientists have created the first breathing lung-on-chip using genetically identical cells derived entirely from a single person's stem cells. This innovative model, which can simulate diseases like tuberculosis, paves the way for truly personalized medicine by allowing researchers to test treatments and understand how infections will impact an individual. This technology promises to change how we study respiratory illnesses and develop new therapies.

In a medical first, scientists created a custom CRISPR gene therapy in just six months, saving a baby with a rare, life threatening disease and paving the way for new cures.

A new study reveals a cipher system using cards and dice that generates text like the Voynich manuscript, suggesting the 600-year-old enigma is not a hoax but an encrypted text.

A groundbreaking study on a 7-million-year-old fossil from Chad reveals Sahelanthropus tchadensis could walk upright, rewriting the origins of human bipedalism.

For the first time, scientists have extracted metabolites from million-year-old fossils, revealing incredible details of ancient diet, health, and lost ecosystems.

Genetic analysis of a 200,000-year-old Denisovan tooth reveals a complex history of interbreeding, diverse populations, and interaction with a mysterious super-archaic group.

New research suggests European Homo sapiens used the bow and arrow 40,000 years ago, far earlier than believed, rewriting the history of ancient weapon technology.

For decades, a missing palace puzzled historians of ancient Greece. Discover how archaeologists at Agios Vasileios unearthed a lost Mycenaean royal center near Sparta.

Maritime archaeologists have discovered Svælget 2 off Denmark's coast, the world's largest medieval cog ship, dating to 1410. This find rewrites maritime history.

Archaeologists in Malawi have uncovered Africa's oldest cremation, a 9,500 year old pyre for a woman, revealing complex rituals and social structures among ancient foragers.

Discover a revolutionary storage solution using synthetic DNA, capable of holding 10 billion songs in a liter of liquid. Learn how it promises to preserve our data for millennia.

Archaeologists in Vulci, Italy, have unearthed a 2,500-year-old Greek kore head, a rare find revealing deep Hellenic artistic influence on the Etruscan civilization.

A remarkable 2,000-year-old trophy head from Peru with a cleft lip challenges our views on ancient societies, suggesting physical differences were revered, not stigmatized.

Archaeologists have uncovered extensive Late Period industrial workshops and a Roman necropolis in Egypt's Nile Delta, revealing the secrets of ancient craftsmanship.

Discover the chilling Montauk Project, the real-life conspiracy theory that inspired Netflix's Stranger Things. Explore tales of secret experiments, mind control, and time travel.

Discover the astonishing 1800-year-old villa of Phainos, a wealthy fisherman of the Roman era, unearthed in ancient Halicarnassus with stunning sea-life mosaics.

A revolutionary study suggests ancient Greece's largest funerary monument, the Kasta Tomb, was aligned with the winter solstice as a cosmic tribute to Hephaestion.

Archaeologists have found the first non-human case of Bronze Age plague in a 4,000-year-old sheep, solving a long-standing mystery of how the disease spread.