Mark Matney’s fresh hypothesis suggests that the Star of Bethlehem may have been a bright comet that briefly appeared to ...

Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

The blue LED was considered the holy grail of electronics. Every lab in the world tried and failed to make one, because the required semiconductor materials were incredibly stubborn. But one ...

Did you know that some people believe giants built the ancient temples in Malta? These temples, like Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra, are over 5,000 years old and made from massive stone blocks that seem ...

In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth? Credit...Julia Dufosse ...

The Macomb County Public Works Department will continue to use 2,500-year-old technology to ensure residents in the St. Clair Shores area can continue to flush freely and avoid basement flooding and ...

Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

Identifying signs of life in ancient rocks is hard. It is not enough to find organic molecules—rocks of all sorts contain them but “organic” just means the molecules contain chains of carbon atoms.