In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Ancient Greek life consisted of celebrity scandals, lowbrow humor, and public graffiti, similar to today's world.

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

Wind farm construction in Suffolk revealed a lost Anglo-Saxon village with 62-foot longhouses. The medieval settlement was ...

Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...

We often imagine ancient civilizations as primitive compared to today’s urban landscapes. Living in mud huts, traveling by ...

The discovery of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b reveals how unusual other worlds can be. This exoplanet takes just 7.8 hours to ...

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...