This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

Each time a cell divides, its telomeres grow shorter. When they become too short, the cell can no longer replicate. This ...

In the 460-million-year-old Eriptychius, the researchers found large, open pulp cavities and branching dentin tubules — an ...

Plants are not just passive organisms. Snapdragons may not hear exactly, but they respond to pollinator vibrations.

Derinkuyu is the largest excavated underground city in the world. It lies beneath the parched volcanic terrain of Cappadocia ...

“It’s a good time to think about how we can put AI into space, not just in your laptop or cellphone,” Wang Jian, director of ...

Massimiano Bucchi is Professor of Science and Technology in Society at the University of Trento and former editor of Public ...

The remote-imaging system (left) shoots eight infrared laser beams (red line added to show the path) at a target (right) in a building 1.36 km away. Light reflecting off the target is collected by the ...

In a striking move that signals a new phase in the lunar space race, China and Russia have announced a joint plan to install ...

Traces of ruthenium in Hawaiian lava reveal long-suspected core–mantle leakage.

Researchers at the University of Maryland recently revealed a disturbing trend: cats are catching bird flu—and dying from ...

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...