Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be ...

Meet Lucy's hunter, a massive, horned crocodile that likely terrorized early human ancestors in ancient Ethiopia.

The oceans of the Cretaceous of North America teemed with life. Gigantic fish and enormous marine reptiles hunted the Western Interior Sea. A unique new fossil demonstrates rare evidence of direct ...

One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican’s backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by ...

Sandy, a true Newport native, has lived on the island her entire life. She graduated from Rogers High School and married her ...

Cinema in Ancient Greece began with Philion and Heron, who crafted automated theaters, bringing stories to life through motion and spectacle.

The goldsmith Donna Distefano uses ancient metalsmithing techniques to create replica jewelry inspired by portraits at the ...

Ancient civilizations introduced remarkable technologies that helped shape the foundations of modern society. However, not ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

Ancient sewing needles helped humans survive freezing climates by enabling tailored clothing, while also serving many other uses.

Floppy disks were the go-to format for transferring data from one device to another back in the '80s and '90s. Before CD drives, it's how you booted up "Doom." ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...