The push to revive extinct animals is accelerating, but scientists disagree about whether gene-edited species count as true ...

The Roman occupation of parts of Britain ended in AD 410. Credit: North Wind Picture Archives. In the spring of 367 CE, Roman ...

Ancient Egyptians truly took this to the next level. The ostraca fragments arguably dealt with mundane matters, such as “tax lists and deliveries… short notes about everyday activities, exercises by ...

The “9D” refers to nine distinct layers of engineered audio combined with sustained conscious breathing for 45 minutes to an ...

A biotech company says CRISPR could revive extinct animals like the dodo and mammoth — but many scientists remain skeptical.

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

The massive reptile may have weighed more than 4.5 tons and been 35 feet long—much bigger than its related peers at the time ...

As such, the palimpsest hosts a number of 10th century treatises by the Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes of Syracuse (though the original texts would have been centuries older). Notably, ...

(at the end of the last Ice Age), the bones could be even older. Archaeologists are rushing to find what they can, as the building of the Maya Train system threatens cenotes and other submerged ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...