New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Across Egypt and beyond stone surfaces reveal machining marks so precise they raise questions about what tools ancient ...

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Archaeologists in the Middle East have unearthed a stunning 5,500 year old piece of evidence that changes what we know about ...

The past has never been more visible. While ancient ruins crumble under the weight of time, weather, and human activity, a ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

Abilio Almeida is a social scientist at the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) of the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal, and the author of The Future of Television (2024). Long ...

Fast-track gates that use face and iris recognition technologies at Dubai international airport. — © AFP Fast-track gates that use face and iris recognition ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were recognized for work that made behaviors of the subatomic realm observable at a larger scale. By Katrina Miller and Ali Watkins John Clarke, ...

A recent study hints that we could make a universal antivenom for snakebites, but some scientists say we need something else instead. When Jacob Glanville first spoke to Tim Friede, he said, "I'd love ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, ...