Spy Satellites Reveal Ancient Lost Empires in Afghanistan
Spy satellite and drone imagery is revealing ancient Silk Road outposts and other lost archeological treasures in the treacherous deserts of Afghanistan.
Spy satellite and drone imagery is revealing ancient Silk Road outposts and other lost archeological treasures in the treacherous deserts of Afghanistan.
A British surgeon has pleaded guilty to charges that he marked his initials into patients' organs using a medical instrument called an "argon beam coagulator," according to news reports.
This holiday season, will you view the glass as half full or half empty? Well, that might depend on the size of the glass.
Russian culture has a long and rich history, steeped in literature, ballet, painting and classical music. Here is a brief overview of Russian customs & traditions.
More than 1,800 years ago, an artist in ancient Egypt painted the portrait of a large-eyed woman wearing a red tunic — a painting that ended up resting on the woman's dead, mummified body.
Headlines describing the discovery of a shark over 500 years old were a little off the mark.
With little sunlight and few soil nutrients, Antarctic microbes have evolved to be creative.
A glass tube filled with lightning sparked plenty of attention after it was posted on Reddit this month. Here's the science behind the trick.
The proof is in the poo.
Hot tea may do more than warm your insides: Drinking at least one cup of caffeinated tea a day may lower a person's risk for glaucoma, a new study suggests.
Scientists have discovered an eighth exoplanet, Kepler-90i, around a distant star, mirroring the number of planets in our own solar system. See how Google machine-learning technology and NASA's Kepler space telescope made the discovery.
U.S. officials remain concerned about teen marijuana use — which increased in the past year — and vaping, which is common, according to a new survey.
Deep in a cave on the Indonesian island of Alor lies the roughly 11,500-year-old remains of a high-status woman buried with fishhooks crafted out of seashells. The finds represent the oldest known fishhooks used in a human burial, a new study reports.
About 11,500 years ago, a high-status woman was buried in a cave with handmade fishhooks fashioned out of seashells.
A Jesus statue that was being restored in Madrid harbored a secret — a time capsule nestled inside the buttocks of the statue.
Roughly 50 percent of humans find it hard to find or keep a romantic partner. The reason may be evolutionary.
Roughly 50 percent of humans find it hard to find or keep a romantic partner. The reason may be evolutionary.
Typically, ocean waters flow gently westward. But sometimes two eddies can combine into something called a modon, a massive vortex that can break off from the ocean's regular flow.
What caused the blob — and if there are others like it — remain mysteries.