A new study maps locations of Chinese tombs, revealing over 4,000 years of power and wealth in early human societies.

Scientists studied a mammal that lived 250 million years ago and found they had an eardrum that could detect and react to ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic ...

Marcus Aurelius has been acknowledged as a sage. But his reign was marked as much by military affairs as it was by philosophy ...

South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin and the Virginia Gas Project supply a rare element vital for MRI scanners; estimates ...

We often imagine ancient civilizations as primitive compared to today’s urban landscapes. Living in mud huts, traveling by ...

Mongolia wants to resurrect the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire as a modern-day urban hub. A scale model of the planned ...

Ben Gao '25 asks us to reconsider how we can use AI effectively, arguing that human-centered design needs to be prioritized.

Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...