Beneath a bustling European city, archaeologists have unearthed a perfectly preserved medieval world.

The so-called “Boring Billion” may have been anything but—a supercontinent’s breakup 1.46 billion years ago may have sparked ...

Fractured quartz beneath the Earth’s surface may be all that’s left of an ancient force that reshaped the world.

A medieval Arabic poem written in 1348 helped construct one of the longest-standing misconceptions in plague history, shaping false views of its spread across Asia.

A common kitchen item is quietly replacing harsh oven cleaners—and delivering shockingly powerful results. Backed by ...

A mysterious signal from deep space just changed everything we thought we knew about an interstellar comet racing through our ...

Scientists may have just cracked the code behind gray hair—without dye, drugs, or genetics. A hidden flaw inside your hair ...

For millions of years, scientists believed the rift between Africa and Asia had ceased its tectonic pull. But recent findings ...

After years of searching, a team of scientists in Mexico finally spotted a mysterious whale species once thought to be a myth ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 9,200-year-old evidence of early barley harvesting in Uzbekistan’s Toda Cave, challenging ...