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Archaeologists Are Unraveling the Mysteries Behind Deep Pits Found Near Stonehenge

The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2025

A Trove of Sea Cow Fossils in Qatar Reveals a New Species That Munched on Seagrass 21 Million Years Ago

What's Killing These Oak Trees in the Midwest? Conservationists Believe Drifting Herbicides Are to Blame

This Painting of a Doomed Duke Just Became the Priciest Elizabethan Portrait Ever Auctioned, Selling for $4.2 Million

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The Ten Best Photography Books of 2025

Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' Was Initially Rejected by a Publisher. It Later Became One of the World's Most Beloved Novels

For More Than 250 Million Years, Coral Reefs Have Had a Major Influence on Earth's Changing Climate

'Murder Hornets' Might Strike Terror in Humans, but These Frogs Can Eat Them for Lunch

When a Humpback Whale Got Stranded in Oregon, a Native Community Turned the Tragedy Into a Revival of a Traditional Practice

This Artist Put 2,500 of Her Favorite Books in a Massive Rotating Library on Miami Beach

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facilities in North Africa

A Volcanic Eruption in 1345 May Have Triggered a Chain of Events That Brought the Black Death to Europe

From Crushed Sugar Cubes to Exploded Ceramics, This Universal Law Predicts How Most Objects Will Shatter

When Will Robots Take Over Laundry Folding?

Pantone's Color of the Year for 2026 Is a 'Blank Canvas' Called Cloud Dancer—or, in Other Words, White

Weeks After a Brazen Heist, the Louvre Increases Ticket Prices for Non-E.U. Visitors by 45 Percent

Inspired by Bird Feathers, This New 'Ultrablack' Fabric Absorbs Nearly All the Light That Hits It

A New Trial Put Immune System-Boosting Therapies to the Test to Fight HIV, Raising Hopes for Keeping the Virus at Bay

More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes

Ancient Literature Suggests India's Savannas Are Much Older Than Previously Thought

These 15 Photographs Capture What It's Like to Walk Through Wonderful, Historic Washington, D.C.

A Weak Spot in Earth's Magnetic Field Is Growing, but Scientists Say Not to Worry. Here's a Look at What Shields Us From Space Weather

Why Did This Advanced Ancient Civilization Collapse? New Research Suggests Climate Change Played a Role

How the Disappearance of Flight 19, a Navy Squadron Lost in 1945, Fueled the Legend of the Bermuda Triangle

Researchers Discover the Shocking Age of the Mysterious Pecos River Rock Art

Fabergé Egg Gifted by Russia's Last Czar Breaks World Record, Selling for $30.2 Million at Auction

This Revolutionary but Largely Forgotten Video Recorder Debuted 50 Years Ago. Devoted Fans Say the Machine Had the Best Quality of Its Time

Here’s What the World Health Organization Had to Say About GLP-1s in its First-Ever Guideline on the Drugs

Claude, San Francisco's Beloved Albino Alligator and 'Unofficial Mascot,' Dies at Age 30

Archaeologists Say These Conch Shells May Have Been Used as Early Musical Instruments 6,000 Years Ago

The Astronomical Problem of Space Junk

Look Up This Week to See the Bright ‘Cold’ Moon, the Last Supermoon of the Year

This Historic Mid-Century Modern Home Overlooking Los Angeles Is on the Market for the Very First Time

This Renoir Painting of the Artist's Young Son Hadn't Been Seen for 100 Years. It Just Sold at Auction for $2 Million

These Monkeys Learned to Tap to the Beat of the Backstreet Boys. Can They Teach Researchers About the Origins of Human Musicality?

The Mammal With the Most Complex Milk Might Not Be Humans, After All. The Atlantic Gray Seal Could Take That Title

Giant Mirrors in Space Could Bring Sunlight After Dark, One Startup Says—and Astronomers Are Concerned

A Historian Has Finally Uncovered the Identity of the Nazi Gunman in a Haunting Holocaust Photograph

The Human Relative Who Owned This 3.4-Million-Year-Old Foot May Have Belonged to a Species That Lived Alongside Lucy

Archaeologists Digging Beneath Britain's Houses of Parliament Discover 6,000-Year-Old Flint Artifacts and a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Altar Fragment

Monk Parakeets Are Highly Social Birds, but They Slowly ‘Test the Waters’ When Making New Friends

'Rage Bait,' Which Describes Online Content Created to Make Us Mad, Is Oxford's 2025 Word of the Year

With His Sculptures Full of Natural Splendor, Artist Truman Lowe Could Make Wood Look Like Water

When Did Domestic Cats Take Over the World? New Research Suggests They Arrived in Europe and China Centuries Later Than We Thought