Long before sticky notes and smartphone reminders, the people of ancient Egypt recorded their shopping lists, school ...

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Nearly 70 years ago, archaeologists discovered an ancient suit of armor beneath one of the island nation’s most prominent ...

The corroded fragments of that device, known today as the Antikythera mechanism, have become a touchstone for how much ancient science achieved and how much of it we have lost. I see in this “first ...

There is something quietly humbling about standing before an ancient artifact and realizing, with all of our satellites, ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. A team of Washington State University-led researchers has ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Ancient Romans had a big appetite for a certain kind of fish sauce – and a new study is revealing exactly what went into it. Researcher Gonçalo Themudo published his findings in the journal Antiquity ...

A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of ...

New research from Adelaide University has revealed that geological processes dating back billions of years are critical to ...