The awards are an unaffiliated spoof of the Nobel Prizes. They highlight research achievements that are surprising and ...

Early today, burglars stole four artworks from the Renoir Museum, in the French Riviera, only to drop two of them as they ...

A South Dakota-based instrument built to detect theoretical dark matter particles has sensed a particle interaction that's ...

Scientists estimate that sharks were swimming the seas some 190 million years before dinosaurs roamed the earth, and they’re ...

The nascent country adopted its name 250 years ago, on 9, 1776. Americans have debated the moniker ever since. One ...

Tensions intensified between Cuba and the United States in October 1962 as they appear destined to plunge the planet in ...

With a storied career dating back to the 1970s, Bunch leaves a remarkable legacy, most notably the founding of the National Museum of African American History and Culture ...

The observations offer rare evidence of a skill being passed among raccoons. But the work also highlights the effects of ...

European Space Agency astronauts hone the skills for landing on the moon by taking a helicopter training course with the ...

The collection includes coins, jewelry, silver bars and a tiny artifact shaped like Thor's hammer. Experts say the roughly 700 items were buried during the tenth century ...

Best known for its Paleolithic art, Valencia’s Cova de les Dones also contains a Roman sanctuary where researchers say women ...

Decades ago, scientists found a hexagon around Saturn’s north pole. Now, recent images reveal a decagon in the planet’s ...