From 1959 to 1975, Laos became the site for one of the least known, yet most devastating, conflicts of the 20th century.

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

The story begins in 1962. Alarmed by the potential for accidental or unauthorized nuclear launches, President John F. Kennedy ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

After the collapse of the Chalcolithic culture around 3500 BCE, people in Jordan’s Murayghat transformed their way of life, shifting from domestic settlements to ritual landscapes filled with dolmens, ...

Sikinos (ancient Oinoe or Oenoe) is one of the smaller islands of Greece, located in the southern part of the archipelago ...

Archaeologists in France have uncovered a 1,700-year-old ancient Roman funerary area, including burials with libation conduits hilariously akin to today’s watering spikes.

Why does the New York City skyline look the way it does? In part, because of what happened there 500 million years ago, says geologist Anjana Khatwa, author of the new book Whispers of Rocks. In it, ...

A recent study claimed Gunung Padang in Indonesia is a 25,000-year-old pyramid. This challenged established timelines of ...

Mind blowing timelapse video of a Rose of Jericho blooming back to life after being exposed to moisture for just a few hours - also with scientific explanation.

One of the Mamluk-era tunnels carved into tufa rock at Nahal 'Amal, revealing the sophisticated hydraulic engineering that powered medieval sugar production. (Azriel Yechezkel / A. Frumkin et al., ...

Researchers in Germany have developed a vibration system that removes ice from aircraft wings while cutting energy use by up ...