It would be tempting to assume there's nothing much of note happening on Mars, but that dusty rusty planet has a lot of ...

Two archaeologists explore the enduring myth that extraterrestrials contributed to the various ancient cultures around the ...

A new study explores whether birch tar, long associated with Neanderthal toolmaking, may have served another purpose as well.

Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, ...

Dismals Canyon is definitely one of those places. This natural wonder hides in the hills of northwest Alabama. Ancient rock ...

In October last year, Mumbrella called for submissions from the communications and PR industry for sessions at CommsCon, our ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1,400 years ago, ...

A rare 1,700-year-old discovery by archaeologists in Turkey highlights the use of advanced engineering of the Roman-era.

The Widmanstätten pattern also hints at how the meteorite was processed by the ancient Egyptians. The cross-hatched texture, ...

Researchers discovered that a 215-million-year-old reptile started life on four legs and switched to two as an adult.

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that showcases 5000 galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. It was ...