The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

In 2015, an Australian health influencer named Belle Gibson had built a wellness empire. By just 23, she’d launched a popular app called The Whole Pantry and written an accompanying cookbook. Her ...

During excavations at the Rašaška archaeological site, researchers uncovered the headless and contorted remains of a suspected vampire.

A 2,500-year-old burial site nestled away in the Negev Highlands was recently unearthed by archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority. The discovery is shedding light on ancient trade routes ...

On Dec. 8, 2004, a 25-year-old man named Nathan Gale went to a heavy metal concert at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio — but he wasn’t there to watch the show. The lead act of the night ...

Suspended in a sunbeam, a tiny speck of light we all call home reminds us of our shared fragility and the vastness of the cosmos. This speck, seen in Voyager 1’s famous “Pale Blue Dot” image, shows ...

In July 2018, archaeologists unearthed a sprawling, ancient Egyptian “funeral home” beneath Saqqara. The trove of discoveries pointed toward a substantial funeral industry in ancient Egypt and has ...

For decades, researchers have been exploring eastern Spain’s Cova de les Dones, studying its Paleolithic rock art as well as its connections to early Iberian communities. Now, a recent expedition by ...

A new discovery suggests people have been smoking pot since at least 2,500 years ago. As reported by The Guardian, a group of researchers found traces of highly potent cannabis at an ancient burial ...

Hundreds of Mayan artifacts have been found underwater in a Guatemalan lake, according to the Daily Mail. Among the trove of relics were weaponry, like a stone mace head and an obsidian blade, which ...