He was the mathematician who ran through the streets shouting “Eureka!” — but that was only a glimpse of his genius.

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

The climate is warming increasingly quickly, especially in the Alps, which poses a challenge for organisms. If they do not ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding that loyal subjects of the kingdom pay their taxes by the deadline, but they did have vaguely ...

DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

The Tremembé Formation itself is the only fossil-rich unit in Brazil from the Late Oligocene that preserves mammal remains. Over the past decades, it has yielded a rich mosaic of life: bats, ...