How Scotland forged a rare alliance between amateur treasure hunters and archaeologists By Andrew Curry
Ask Us Anything Viagra and the abortion pill can treat multiple illnesses. But how? By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Ask Us Anything Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how. By Kat Eschner
Biology Mixing volcanic ash with meteorites may have jump-started life on Earth By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Biology This tiger-sized, saber-toothed, rhino-skinned predator thrived before the ‘Great Dying’ By Laura Baisas
Dinosaurs An extinct 10-foot-long eagle could pick up kangaroos with its terrifying talons By Laura Baisas
Physics How ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ plays with the rules of physics By Shannon Liao
Physics An Einstein-backed method could help us find smaller exoplanets than ever before By Briley Lewis
Science Fiction Ancient frozen viruses don’t pose a threat to your health—yet By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Science Fiction ‘The Memory of Tomatoes,’ a short story from an alternate future By Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
Ancient Mesopotamian texts show when and why humans first kissed By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira / May 18, 2023
Blueprints engraved in stone from Saudi Arabia and Jordan could be the world’s oldest By Laura Baisas / May 18, 2023
‘Violent’ earthquakes accompanied the infamous volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii By Laura Baisas / May 17, 2023
Humans and Neanderthals could have lived together even earlier than we thought By Laura Baisas / May 4, 2023
‘Fingerprints’ confirm the seafaring stories of adventurous Polynesian navigators By Laura Baisas / Apr 21, 2023
Ancient Egyptians mummified animals and put them in beautiful tiny coffins By Laura Baisas / Apr 21, 2023
Slàinte mhath! The oldest piece of Scottish tartan fabric has been identified. By Laura Baisas / Apr 3, 2023
Ancient DNA confirms Swahilis’ blended African and Asian ancestry By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira / Mar 29, 2023
Get a high-tech tour of the long-lost Ironton shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes By Andrew Paul / Mar 7, 2023