Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Ancient star PicII-503 discovered in distant dwarf galaxy Star has extremely low iron, revealing early cosmic chemistry ...

Think you know your technology? Put your computing knowledge to the test by matching classic and modern devices to their ...

A 700-year-old metal box made from 78 elements could reshape future spacecraft design, with studies by Indian labs suggesting technology far ahead of its time ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a buried ancient river delta on Mars using ground-penetrating radar, revealing evidence of early water flow and boosting hopes of past microbial life on the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

Scientists have discovered “alien-like” water inside a 400-million-year-old plant, revealing unusual chemistry that could ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

"Discoveries like this are cosmic archaeology, uncovering rare stellar fossils that preserve the fingerprints of the universe’s first stars." ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that a weapon known as the polybolos—or multi-thrower—was used during the Roman conquest ...

Scientists have simulated the formation of a giant crater on Asteroid 16 Psyche to predict what the space rock looks like on ...

After years of creating highly specialized software, researchers used supercomputer clusters to finally solve the "100,000-body problem.