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See the Record-Breaking Bluefin Tuna the Size of a Grizzly Bear That Sold for $3.2 Million at a Tokyo Fish Market

Could Leonardo da Vinci's DNA Be Hiding Inside One of His Renaissance Sketches?

This Bizarre Fish Has a Hole in Its Head. The Creature Might Use It Like a Drum to Rock Out

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient War Trumpet That Once Struck Fear in the Hearts of Enemies on the Battlefield

The Time When New York City Seriously Considered Seceding From the United States

How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S.

It's Almost 'All Systems Go' for Artemis 2 to Take the Next Giant Leap Toward Stepping on the Moon Again

You Can Buy President Jimmy Carter's Paintings, Furniture, Mementos and a Love Letter to His Wife

NASA to Bring ISS Crew Home Early Because of an Astronaut's Health Issue, Marking the First Medical Evacuation of the Spacecraft

Man Arrested in Connection With Theft of Sword From Historic Joan of Arc Statue in Paris

Seven Fascinating Inventions Unveiled at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show

Inspired by Octopus Skin, This Synthetic Material Can Change Color and Texture on Demand

See 15 Awesome Images From One of the World's Most Impressive Aerial Photographers

Sharklike Fish With Weird, Buzz-Saw Jaws Sliced Through the Seas, Then Vanished. Now, Paleontologists Are Unraveling Their Secrets

These 15 Stunning Microscopic Snowflake Images Helped Change the Way We See the World

The Driver’s License Used to Say Who Can Drive. Now It Says a Lot About Who We Are

Rare Red-Necked Ostriches Introduced in Saudi Arabia to Replace Birds That Went Extinct More Than 80 Years Ago

Archaeologists Just Discovered the Oldest Known Evidence of Poison Arrows, Which Hunters Used to Slow Down Their Prey 60,000 Years Ago

What’s the Real Story With Ben Franklin and the Kite? And More Questions From Our Readers

Hundreds of Flowering Species Bloomed Across Britain and Ireland Last Winter. That's Not a Good Thing

Visiting Arizona’s Tribal Lands and Celebrating Native Heritage

This Year, Arizona’s Wild Beauty Is Calling — Here Are Six Ways to Answer

A Metal Detectorist Discovered the Earliest Known Coin Ever Produced in a Scottish Mint

Many Americans Will Soon Have Access to At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Tests at No Cost

Forgotten for Decades in a Dusty Mall Basement, a Long-Lost Harry Bertoia Sculpture Is Back on Display

Even Though They Don't Have Brains to Rest, Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Sleep Like Humans

When This Restoration Expert Gets His Hands on a Relic, the Result Can Send You Back in Time

Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand's Plants With Captain Cook's Crew

Whooping Cranes Came Back From the Brink of Extinction. Now, New Threats Are Converging on Their Texas Wintering Grounds

Nepal’s Mountainside Teahouses Elevate the Experience for Trekkers Heading to the Top of the World

Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface

This Is the Only Museum Dedicated to Weather Artifacts in America. It May Shut Down Due to Funding Shortages

The British Museum Plans to Hire a Treasure Hunter. Duties Include Recovering Missing Artifacts Before They're Lost to History

When Male Deer Mark Trees, Those Spots May Glow Like Neon Lights at Dusk and Dawn, Though Humans Usually Can't See Them

This Early-Universe Cluster of Galaxies Is Way Hotter Than It Should Be

See the New Coins Celebrating the Legacies of Elizabeth II, Charles Darwin and the British Grand Prix

How a Sudden Winter Storm in 1617 Sparked the Deadliest Witchcraft Trials in Norwegian History

Meet the National Zoo’s Adorable 1-Month-Old Sloth Bear Cubs—the First Born There in More Than a Decade

U.S. Overhauls Immunization Schedule for Kids, Removing Recommendations for Vaccines Against the Flu, RSV and More

Claude Monet Painted This Palace Overlooking Venice's Grand Canal. Now, the Legendary Mansion Is Officially for Sale

By Collecting Whale Breath, Researchers Detected a Deadly Virus in the Arctic for the First Time

This Canadian Painter Found Her Muse in the Verdant Trees of British Columbia

A Skirmish Early in George Washington’s Military Career Helped Define Him. It Could Have Killed Him

Archaeologists Discover 'Sumptuous' Frescoes at Ancient Villa Preserved by Mount Vesuvius' Eruption

New Fossil Analysis Suggests This Seven-Million-Year-Old Primate Walked on Two Legs, Potentially Making It the Oldest Known Human Ancestor

U.S. Military Ends Practice of Shooting Live Animals to Train Medics to Treat Battlefield Wounds

A Rare, Parasitic 'Fairy Lantern' Plant Species Was Discovered in Malaysia. It Might Be Critically Endangered

Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From

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A Stunning Sculpture of the Buddha Modeled After a Destroyed Sixth-Century Statue Is Coming to New York City's High Line