Archaeologists explore the Antikythera shipwreck. The Antikythera Mechanism is now split into 82 fragments, only 30% has been ...

Researchers led by Ken Shirasu at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have identified an ...

TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...

A provocative new analysis argues that ancient builders may have used a hydraulic lift inside Djoser’s Step Pyramid—long ...

Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to ...

Across the globe, bridges test human courage with dizzying heights and precarious designs. From Northern Ireland's ...

Learn how Mars' mantle differs from Earth's and why it seismic signatures of marsquakes act like a time capsule into its past ...

Peru evacuated some 1,400 tourists overnight from the train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, while about 900 others remained stranded Tuesday as protesters blocked the railway ...

With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

Archaeologists believe that they may finally have found the long-lost baths that once belonged to the renowned Roman statesman and writer Cicero. The recently spotted thermal complex is part of the ...