Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit. Or was it? For over a hundred ...

What makes her work notable is its charm and cheerfulness — and the way those qualities mask the darker realities embedded in the national mythos. It’s a map as America wished to be seen, not as it ...

Hipparchus’s star catalog is the oldest known attempt to document the positions of as many objects in the night sky as possible, and it was the first time that two coordinates were used to ...

In the heart of County Kerry lies a land of contrasts, where rare ferns and moss blanket lush valleys of ancient forests, ...

Footage shows the breathtaking beauty of a picturesque mountain village in China. Mr Li captured the serenity of the Thousand ...

Archaeologists uncovered well-preserved ancient Roman homes, a 15-foot mural mosaic, and graves near Alès, France, dating back to late Antiquity.

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

The dish known as salad is said to date back to the ancient Roman habit of dipping romaine lettuce in salt — “herbe salata” means “salted leaves.” Now, centuries after the concept originated in ...

The collapse of American global power was more pointedly represented by Dahn Vo’s In God We Trust: the American flag, with ...

Reading White’s maps today is like listening to old radio shows or flipping through Life magazine: the past speaks, not always clearly, not always kindly. Her figures wear broad grins and costumes.