1,300-Year-Old Corn God Statue Shows How the Maya Worshipped Maize
The deity was linked to renewal and creation in Mesoamerican culture
Driverless Taxis Are Coming to San Francisco
The California Public Utilities Commission is allowing Cruise to charge for rides in its autonomous vehicles, without a safety driver
An Extinct, Head-Butting Animal May Help Explain Giraffes' Long Necks
The giraffe’s ancestor used its sturdy head and neck to fight for mates
Artists Have Been Painting Inside This Spanish Cave for 58,000 Years
Archaeologists finally understand who decorated the Cueva de Ardales
Why Neptune Appears Bluer Than Its Cousin Uranus
Though the solar system’s two outermost planets are very similar, their color is a puzzling difference
Archaeologists Discover 134 Ancient Settlements North of Hadrian’s Wall
LiDAR helped researchers find sites once inhabited by those who lived outside Rome’s rule of Britain
Construction Crew Stumbles on 1,400-Year-Old Ruins of Maya City
Researchers say the pre-Hispanic metropolis they call Xiol was once home to some 4,000 people
Scientists Are Using YouTube to Understand How Elephants Mourn Their Dead
The research is part of a growing trend of using crowdsourced videos to learn about elusive or hard-to-study animals
A New Candidate for Oldest Tree in the World Is Discovered in Chile
Environmental scientists used unorthodox methods for calculating Alerce Milenario’s age
Texas Artists Are Taking Over—and Transforming—a Former KKK Building
Those once terrorized by the Klan will decide on the center's events and programming
Scientists Map Yellowstone’s Underground ‘Plumbing’
The new survey could be useful for everything from microbiology to thermal energy
Nine Army Bases Honoring Confederate Leaders Could Soon Have New Names
Proposed by a government panel, the suggested title changes honor several women and people of color
Dusty InSight Mars Lander Takes Its Final Selfie
The Red Planet probe will likely stop operating sometime later this year
Field Museum Confronts Its Outdated, Insensitive Native American Exhibition
Co-created with Indigenous partners, the new permanent installation reckons with past harm
NASA Snaps Photos of Underwater 'Sharkcano' Erupting
Kavachi, a submarine volcano in the southwest Pacific Ocean, is home to several species of sharks and fish that can withstand the extreme environment
U.S. Customs Agents Find Rare Moth Last Spotted in 1912
Larvae and pupae found in seed pods at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport last fall hatched into <em>Salma brachyscopalis Hampson</em> moths
This 12,000-Year-Old Wyoming Quarry Could Be North America's Oldest Mine
The state's archaeologists believe people quarried red ocher at Powars II starting 12,840 years ago
Boeing's Starliner Reaches the International Space Station
After two and a half years of issues, the spacecraft's successful arrival is an important next step in NASA's commercial crew program
What 4,500-Year-Old Poop Teaches Us About the People Who Built Stonehenge
Fossilized feces found near the Neolothic monument suggests its builders chowed down on undercooked animal organs
Doctors Are Stumped by a Rare Monkeypox Outbreak
So far, health officials have detected cases in Europe, Canada and the United States
Page 51 of 54