An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.
November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...
The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...
Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...
In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened between 30,000 and 39,000 years ago. Gunditjmara people hold a story about an ...
As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...
While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...
New research reveals how powerful coronal mass ejections may have been essential to the rise of life on planet Earth.
From looping hallways to echoing stairwells, eerie architecture taps into ancient survival instincts—and exposes how our ...
Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...
Sorghum may not be on your radar, but it’s been a dietary staple for centuries across Asia and Africa. New research shows ...
New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.