Meet 25 of the Ancient Egyptians' Most Significant Gods and Goddesses, From the Falcon-Headed Horus to the Sky Deity Hathor

Why Do Sharks Go Into Feeding Frenzies? A Case Study of a Recent, Unusual Attack on a Human Looks for Answers

These Jewish Prisoners Revolted Against the Nazis, Killing Their Guards and Escaping From a World War II Death Camp

A Human Face Was Carved Into This Stone Pillar in Turkey 11,000 Years Ago

Claude Monet's Beautiful Paintings of Venice Are Headlining an Exhibition for the First Time in More Than a Century

Scientists Watch Fungi Evolve in Real Time, Thanks to a Marriage Proposal in a Cheese Cave

How This Legendary Artist’s Obsession With Flight Led Him to Create Stunning Imagery Featuring Spacecraft, Birds and Insects

María Corina Machado, Venezuela's 'Iron Lady,' Wins Nobel Peace Prize

A Recipe Engraved on a Gravestone Helps to Remember the Dearly Departed and Keep Part of Them Alive

Scientists Converted a Kidney’s Blood Type, Then Implanted It Into a Brain-Dead Patient for the First Time

Creative Hobbies Like Tango Dancing or Playing Musical Instruments May Help Keep Your Brain Young, Study Finds

Once Smuggled Animals Are Rescued, Law Enforcement Officers Call Her

A Rare Interstellar Comet Just Flew by Mars—Here Are the Photos Captured by an Orbiting Spacecraft

A Married Couple in New Orleans Found a Stone in Their Backyard. It Turned Out to Be an Ancient Roman Soldier’s Gravestone

Nigeria’s Independence From England Brought Artistic Revolution. For the First Time, England Is Showcasing It

Here's How to See Two Comets and a Meteor Shower Light Up the Sky This Month

This Hungarian Author Once Wrote a 400-Page Book With a Single Period. Now, László Krasznahorkai Is a Nobel Prize Winner

Scientists Made Functional Human Eggs With Skin Cells in 'Proof of Concept' for Advancing Fertility

This Ski Area Hired a Herd of Goats and Sheep to Help With Landscaping

A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Birds Make an Alarm Call That Spans Species and Continents—and May Offer Insight Into the Evolution of Human Language

This New Exhibition Explores the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Makers

Architects of a New Kind of Molecular Structure Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Studying Clever Creases in Nature May Inspire Foldable Structures for Drones and Robots

Paris Museum Puts Édouard Manet on Mock Trial for Painting a Scandalous Scene of a Nude Woman

This Adoptee Discovered a Trove of Documents in a Nun’s Basement. The Rare Vietnam War Records May Rewrite the Story of Operation Babylift

A Massive Art Installation by the ‘Humans of New York’ Creator Has Taken Over Grand Central Terminal

Someone Donated These Mysterious Artifacts to a Thrift Shop. Experts Think They Might Date to Medieval Times

Watch These Shy, Adorable, Nocturnal Creatures Explore Their New Home After Being Reintroduced in Southwest England

Three Scientists Receive Nobel Prize in Physics for Pioneering Work That Put Quantum Mechanics on a 'Human Scale'

For the First Time Ever, You Can See Stunning, Centuries-Old Murals at England's Oldest Hospital

Rare 'Pink Meanie' Jellyfish Are Blooming Off the Coast of Texas

This 'Clock' Could Warn of Hidden Stresses to Animals, Offering a Long-Sought Signal That a Population Is Nearing Collapse

Scientists and Chefs Team Up to Make Yogurt From Ants

Scientists Are Uncovering the Secrets of How Fluffy, White Dandelions Spread Their Seeds

Explorer Ernest Shackleton May Have Known His Ship 'Endurance' Wasn't Equipped to Survive the Antarctic Ice

Trio of Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Groundbreaking Discovery of Immune Cells That Prevent Autoimmune Disease

This 1837 Harvard Speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson Inspired a Generation of American Writers to Declare Their Independence From 'the Courtly Muses of Europe’

Leeches May Be 200 Million Years Older Than We Thought—and Haven’t Always Sucked Blood

By 2100, Humans Might See a Glacier-Free Sierra Nevada for the First Time Ever

Twelve Failed Constitutional Amendments That Could Have Reshaped American History

These Individuals Were Buried in Colombia Wearing 'Death Masks.' Researchers Just Digitally Removed the Skull Coverings to Reveal Their Faces for the First Time

In an Experimental Composition, 50 Pianos Tuned to Slightly Different Frequencies Play Together

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The World's First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects Wants Its Collection to Shrink, Not Grow

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Scientists Finally Found Phosphine on a Brown Dwarf. Here's What That Means for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

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Decades-Old Data From Saturn's Moon Enceladus Hints at Favorable Conditions for Life

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Frida Kahlo's Family Home and Artistic Retreat Opens as a Museum

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