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These Linguists Are Creating a New Dictionary of Ancient Celtic Languages—With Help From 'Curse Tablets' and Roman Records

Mysterious Shipwreck Discovered in 'Pristine' Condition in Lake Ontario—With Its Masts Still Standing

How Many Glaciers Will Survive Until the End of the Century? These Four Scenarios Show It's Not Looking Good

The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2025, From Medical Breakthroughs to an Interstellar Visitor

Thousands of Couples Gather Under the Mistletoe in Washington, D.C. to Kiss Their Way Into a New World Record

Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Creeping Closer to a Comeback in the United States

Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have an Underground Ocean After All

Fourteen Years After Gaddafi's Fall, Libya Reopens Its National Museum to Much Fanfare

Fossils Suggest That Some Ancient Burrowing Bees Made Their Homes in Rodent Skulls

You Can Now See 2,000-Year-Old Thermal Baths and Military Barracks Without Ever Leaving Rome's New Subway Stations

These Male Hummingbirds Evolved Straighter, Sharper Bills So They Could Better Joust for Mates

Pumas Are Snacking on Penguins in Argentina—and the Abundant Birds Are Changing the Prowling Cats' Behavior

If Mount Vesuvius Erupted in August, Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Wool Garments?

From a Remote Observatory, He's Defending Our Planet. Get a Glimpse Inside the Life of a Doomsday Asteroid Hunter

Mary, Queen of Scots, Wrote This Letter Hours Before She Was Executed. Her Words Are Going on Display for the First Time in Years

Dig In to the Traditions Behind Two Holiday Dishes That Make the Season Even More Delicious

Have $117 to Spend? You Could Win a Picasso Painting Worth More Than $1 Million

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About to Make Its Closest Approach to Earth. Here's How to View It With Binoculars or a Telescope

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025 Is 'Slop,' the A.I.-Generated Junk That Fills Our Social Media Feeds

These Five Photos of Germany’s Natural Wonders Will Inspire Your Wanderlust

Disney Was in Distress During the Late 1940s. Then ‘Cinderella’ Came to the Rescue and Saved the Company From Financial Disaster

Archaeologists Unearth Cache of Aboriginal Stone Tools Buried in Australia 170 Years Ago

Mysteriously Young 'Mammoth' Fossils Discovered in Alaska Turned Out to Be Whale Bones

These Owls Took a Free Vacation on a Cruise Ship—but Soon They'll Be Heading Home

The Ten Best Children's Books of 2025 Feature a Story of Untrustworthy Fish and a Tribute to a Beloved Bus Driver

Pompeii's Graffiti Captures Every Joke, Boast and Argument of an Ancient Roman City Frozen in Time

Louvre Robbers Escaped With Less Than a Minute to Spare Due to Major Security Fumbles

The Iconic 'Rocky' Statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum Steps Is Still Stirring Up Strong Feelings

Scientists Engineered Cancer-Fighting Cells Inside Patients' Bodies—and Two Early Trials Show Promise

This Landscape Inspired Some of Georgia O'Keeffe's Best-Known Works. Now, It's Receiving New Protections

Trail Cameras in Vermont Captured Something Strange: Moths Sipping a Moose's Tears

The High-Stakes Quest to Make Snakebites Survivable Took Leaps Forward This Year, With Promising New Avenues to Safer Antivenoms

Jane Austen's Letters Are the Closest We Can Get to Her. What Do They Reveal About the 'Pride and Prejudice' Author?

Could These 400,000-Year-Old Rock Fragments Be the Oldest Known Evidence of Human Fire-Making?

Watch These Orcas Follow Dolphins to Snag a Salmon Feast. It Might Be the First Evidence of These Species Working Together

Notre-Dame Cathedral’s Controversial New Stained-Glass Window Designs Go on Display

Before the First Brilliantly Colored Flowers Bloomed, Dinosaur-Era Plants Emitted Heat to Attract Pollinators

More Than 2,000 Golden Retrievers Gather in an Argentina Park in an Attempt to Break a World Record

The Bible’s Star of Bethlehem May Have Been a Comet, Analysis of Ancient Records Suggests

This Painting Introduced the World to 'Star Wars.' It Just Became the Most Expensive Item Connected to the Franchise Ever Sold at Auction

See 14 of the National Zoo's Most Adorable Giant Panda Photos From 2025