Missile defense tech is so advanced that Iran knows its attacks will be thwarted, avoiding an all-out war. But what happens ...

A technological revolution has transformed the ancient tradition of sugar making—with big implications for local economies and ecosystems imperiled by climate change.

Scientists just uncovered the truth behind “Well Man,” and proved he was a lot more than just a poor unfortunate soul.

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...

An international team of scientists (including experts from Harvard University) have described a carbon dioxide-hungry algae ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

Robin George Andrews is a freelance science journalist based in London. His work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Atlas Obscura, and more. He ...

Research reveals that five different groups of decapods have independently evolved to have distinctly crab-like traits. This is how “crabification” works.

Most digital torque wrenches are accurate to within two percent. You pay more for a better accuracy rating, but generally speaking, all digital torque wrenches are more accurate than their analog ...

All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...

The British HMS Trooper submarine was lost in 1943 with 64 men on board. A Greek-based underwater recovery team located the ...

If you’re exploring the frontier of known particle physics, examining neutron stars, which produce some of the most intense ...