Texas A&M engineers have won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to perfect a method of extraction that could save ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

Thanks to an international team of scientists, we now know that coastal hunter-gatherer groups have been using whale bones ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Every musical instrument has a unique story, each with a distinct personality. Some, centuries old, have been passed down numerous times, from one generation of musicians to the next. Here are the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 74-year-old woman from Gulfport has been charged with possession of a forged instrument and resisting arrest. The Mobile Police Department says officers responded to a ...

A retired geologist and amateur historian, Sorenson spends his free time looking through old scientific books and documents—including 300 in his personal collection that predate the Civil War. While ...