In its latest eruption event, Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano sent a fountain of lava 540 meters (1,770 feet) up into the sky in what is a new record for this eruption, which began in December 2024. Some of ...

Your brain can outperform just about any computer out there. So, how come it needs barely any energy to do so?

At some point, you’ve probably heard the phrase “since time immemorial”. Probably you assumed it referred to some hand-wavey, far-distant time; literally the limit of history, past which not even oral ...

The majority of Bronze Age artifacts made of iron were forged from material with its origins in outer space. In fact, one study that looked into the matter found that all artifacts they tested were ...

According to the team who found it, the structures were an ancient urban complex that sank into the ocean 6,000 years ago. Others were more skeptical.

Videos of astronauts on the Moon show them often bouncing across the lunar surface, helped by the fact that the gravity of our satellite is just one-sixth of Earth’s surface gra ...

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Mini but mighty magnets could be revolutionary devices.

The Sun orbits in the thin disk of the Milky Way. It's located 27,000 light-years (8.3 kiloparsecs) from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion spiral arm. It orbits around the galaxy ...

In 2022, NASA hit Dimorphos with a spacecraft. But looking back through the data, astronomers believe they have found evidence of an impact event prior to the big test.

Although there has been a slight decline in the overall numbers of colorectal cancers across the country, diagnoses among younger people are rising.

“By framing themselves as restorers of a lost golden age or as protectors of ancestral traditions, rulers, priests, and other authorities can strengthen their legitimacy and justify the existing power ...