A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the flourishing city of Pompeii in ashes.

Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

If you asked most people what happened to Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, many would say that life completely stopped until the 16th century, based on widespread images of preserved ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown. By Franz Lidz Of all end times tales, the ...

Council Member Letitia Plummer will host a "Community Meeting & Listening Session" on Buffalo Bayou public safety on Tuesday in response to the discovery of 14 bodies in the bayous this year. The 10 a ...

As if you didn’t have enough to worry about when it comes to surveillance, researchers have discovered a new way to identify and track people using Wi-Fi signals—and I’m not talking about anything ...

On Sept. 22, President Donald Trump pushed an unproven link between Tylenol and an increase in autism in children, and he issued an urgent warning to expectant mothers not to take the medication. What ...

HOUSTON — A woman’s body was pulled from Buffalo Bayou near downtown Houston late Thursday night. fueling rumors of a possible serial killer that Houston police refute. Houston police said they ...

Mazelike and mesmerizingly slow, the Polish experimental composer’s new album nods to the sturdy rhythms and echoing space of 1990s post-rock. Save this story Save this story Piotr Kurek plays it ...

How humans move is an open question, according to Mark Latash, distinguished professor of kinesiology at Penn State. Investigations continue into how the nervous system generates meaningful movements, ...

There is not a serial killer on the loose in Houston, city leaders said Tuesday, addressing social media rumors following the recovery of five bodies from area bayous in the span of a week. There is ...