Throughout history, numerous ancient technologies have left researchers and historians pondering the true capabilities of early civilizations. Were they more advanced than we give them credit for? By ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

Ancient DNA from Napoleon’s soldiers reveals enteric and relapsing fevers - not typhus - as key killers during the army’s ...

While people today are living through the first human-caused global warming event, we aren’t the first to ever live through climate change. For example, between the years 800 and 1400, the world was ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...