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With almost every shovel of sand shifted in Egypt, another artifact comes to light.
The Canadian professor has an extensive collection posted on his site.
National Parks have long been a staple of American wildlife conversation. Why not have some underwater?
The Middle East isn’t just the geographic center of the planet. With so much activism on different sides regarding the region, particularly with regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict recently stoked […]
National Geographic's first James Webb Space Telescope book shows us the cosmos like never before.
The new book "Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs" documents 100 archaeological discoveries that changed the world.
We should not romanticize ancient Egyptian culture.
In this excerpt from "Tales of Militant Chemistry," Alice Lovejoy exposes how the need for uranium during WWII led the Allied governments to turn a blind eye to colonial exploitation.
Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.
Dreams of resurrecting lost species didn’t start in Hollywood or Silicon Valley.
Fears of celestial collisions — and calculations of their likelihood — go back to the very origins of modern science itself.
Matt Strassler's journey into fundamental physics culminates in a brilliant explanation of the Higgs field. Enjoy this exclusive interview.
What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
Dinosaurs and other beasts were once thought to be the “undisputed masters” of Venus.
"We’re acting more like fans of a football team going to a game than a banker carefully choosing investments."
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
"Values emphasizing tolerance and self-expression have diverged most sharply, especially between high-income Western countries and the rest of the world."
Esperanto was intended to be an easy-to-learn second language that enabled you to speak with anyone on the planet.
"I grew up in New Jersey in the 1970s and that experience gave me everything I needed to become a skeptic."
The tonal Native American language differentiates words based on pitch and makes Spanish conjugation look like child’s play.
To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.
Bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills.
What is Captain America doing in ancient Mesopotamia?
Of the world's 300 honey varieties, none is stranger and more dangerous than mad honey.
It will be able to produce 22 million pounds of cultivated meat annually.
True north, magnetic north, and grid north have aligned. There's also a connection to James Bond.
These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don't know why people partake in culinary masochism.