As the largest town closest to the volcano, Pompeii suffered the most damage and was essentially wiped off the map. It was ...

This photo of M16 is the latest redux image published to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, which ...

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Some, but not all, research suggests that more women recall events that happened under anesthesia than men do, and that women ...

Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely ...

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An object's color appears differently under different lighting and against different backgrounds — for different viewers. But that doesn't mean colors are subjective.

Archaeologists have found the remains of an elite woman who was buried with a variety of remarkable grave goods.

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Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

The word "ninja" may bring to mind a person dressed mostly in black, but what they wore was actually quite different.