Record rainfall transforms Death Valley's Badwater Basin into a rare shallow lake after months of heavy storms hit the ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the longest remains of an ancient wall that once encircled Jerusalem during the time of ...

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Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...

Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a "luxuriously decorated cabin" and a team of 20 rowers ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...