From the Antikythera Mechanism to Tesla’s so-called earthquake machine, history is full of inventions that vanished too soon.

Nuclear power has caused some serious disasters throughout the world. Is it a modern phenomenon, or is there evidence of its existence in the ancient world? The worst nuclear disaster in the United ...

AI has been everywhere in the headlines—and not always for positive reasons. News stories warn of jobs being automated away and teams being replaced by machines. It’s no surprise that some leaders are ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

Researchers have identified ice XXI, a newly discovered form of ice that forms under extreme compression and may reveal how water behaves deep within icy moons. (Artist’s concept). Credit: Stock ...

Satellite imagery has uncovered 76 elaborate stone hunting traps and hundreds of previously unknown settlements in the Andean highlands of northern Chile, revealing that hunting and foraging remained ...

The thing about an adaptation, is that sometimes you've got to twist things slightly to better do what you want to do. Whether that's the right choice or not depends on how militant you are about the ...

Here’s how it works. Hobbits are exceptions to the rule that older ancient humans had proportionally larger wisdom teeth and smaller brains. (Image credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Until Homo ...

Scientists Confirm Ancient Asteroid Impact Created North Sea’s Silverpit Crater 43 Million Years Ago Scientists confirm an asteroid impact formed the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea over 43 million ...

History is full of surprises, but some discoveries leave experts scratching their heads. These ancient artifacts defy logic ...