A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for the secret behind Ancient Rome’s ultra-durable concrete.
Last year, from under the volcanic ash that buried Pompeii,
If you need an excuse to bundle up, sip hot chocolate, and stare at the sky for a few hours, the Geminid meteor shower delivers. Every December, this reliable shower turns the night sky into a flickering light show with bright, colorful streaks…
If you’ve ever reached for the volume knob while driving in difficult conditions, you’re not alone. Plenty of drivers insist they “can’t see” when the music is blaring, even though the logic seems questionable. But science says that…
They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, but a chunk of ‘rock’ used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by almost anyone’s standards.
A woman discovered the 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone in a stream bed in southeast…
Scientists have developed a way to turn cooking oil waste discarded by restaurants into
Bolivia’s central highlands, once believed to be home to monstrous creatures leaving huge,…
Chinese scientists have genetically tweaked a fungus to make protein-rich “meat”, which…
Archaeologists have found compelling evidence that the early humans who inhabited the…
Years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as “the hobbit” thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more than a million years living on the isolated volcanic…
The fanfare surrounding Comet 3I/ATLAS is far from quieting down, as the mysterious object from beyond our Solar System hurtles toward its closest approach with Earth. Flying at breakneck speeds of 153,000 as it passed the Sun, 3I/ATLAS is now…
