The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

Imagine a world without the glow of your screen, the hum of your fridge, or the instant communication across continents.

Discover the timeless brilliance of ancient Greek inventions and discoveries, from democracy and the Olympic Games to ...

A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.

The Islamic Golden Age thrived as Greek thought, preserved by the Byzantines and rendered into Arabic, powered Baghdad’s ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

Ancient Greeks loved public speaking. Athenians flocked to performances in large venues and private homes to hear intellectuals debate subjects ...

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent ...

Ancient Greek sanctuaries were places of worship, but they also served as business centers, attracting large numbers of ...