History is usually written by the winners. But a haul of ceramics from the Singapore Strait is rewriting that history.

A new re-examination suggests the piece was not an awl at all, but a drill bit used with a bow drill, making it one of the ...

Thousands of small, fast-spinning turbines were erected directly in the flight paths of golden eagles. It was one of the earliest large-scale renewable projects, and the result was a tragic, ...

This is the first instance of this crop produced in this medium. Chickpeas aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when you think about lunar agriculture. But a new study suggests the humble legume ...

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

“Tanyka is from an ancient lineage that we didn’t know survived to this time, and it’s also just a really strange animal,” Jason Pardo, the study’s lead author, said in a statement. “The jaw has this ...

Imagine the escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran unfolding in a world powered mostly by wind, solar and batteries rather than oil and gas. In today’s fossil-fuelled economy, markets ...

Researchers have developed an injectable, self-assembling miniature liver to help patients awaiting organ transplants.

The computer-generated "ideal glass" solves a 75-year-old physics paradox and promises revolutionary materials.

In the hidden chambers of Japanese forests, a quiet rebellion has been unfolding for decades. Scientists have now confirmed that one rare ant has broken almost every rule of ant society. The species, ...

While other wealthy nations have spent decades making childbirth safer, the US has watched its maternal mortality rate climb to disturbing heights. It’s a grim paradox because the US also spends more ...

In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...