"When you see me, weep." When rivers dry up in Central Europe, "hunger stones" with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.
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The Parthenon embodies the ideals of perfection Classical Greeks sought from architecture. The neighboring Erechtheion offers something else.
There were at least eight other human species, some of whom existed for far longer than we have. Who were they?
The history of hell doesn't begin with the Old Testament. Instead, hell took shape in the 2nd century from Mediterranean cultural exchange.
"Ghost gear" leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.
The clash of academic archaeology and what might be called folk archaeology comes into stark focus at Stonehenge.
If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.
On New Year's Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?
George Orwell got it right: "Never use a long word where a short one will do."
Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," remain controversial to this day.
Musical preferences are correlated with personality traits — and these connections are largely consistent across cultures and continents.
According to the CDC, 50 countries worldwide have drinkable tap water. But look closer, and the picture is more nuanced.
Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
Biological age is a better health indicator than the number of years you’ve lived, but it’s tricky to measure.
Those white, marble statues you see in museums all over the world were originally painted with bright colors.
Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.
Tasting sounds and hearing colors.
Dr. Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist, who is questioning the very nature of life and how we’re attempting to find it elsewhere.
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When ancient humans stared into the darkness, they imagined monsters. Today, staring into the future, AI is the monster.
The polymath used science to elevate his art.
The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.
Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.
The truth may be out there — but it’s not in these close encounters of the third kind.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
The Big Bang is commonly misunderstood, warping our understanding about the Universe's size and shape.
A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
Mahāyāna is the most popular type of Buddhism in the world today.
Hubble's deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe's galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.