For the first time, we have a method for extracting proteins from preserved soft tissues like brains – which could be a ...

The scrolls in question, stored in a library in a Roman villa that is thought to have belonged to the father-in-law of Julius ...

"I have a philosophy that I do not employ my doctoral students; I make then go abroad after they have defended their theses.

From ancient arrows to hypersonic gliders, the story of missile technology is one of math, physics—and a bit of luck.

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

Antarctic research has received a new boost thanks to a novel new technique providing new insights into how the paleoclimate ...

It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. Pollen grains are far more than allergens — ...

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

The researchers used two catalysts, both based in transition metals, iridium and molybdenum for the experiment.

Such a mission could let researchers peer through all the light there is, all the way back to the universe’s very first light ...

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital ...