Long before modern telescopes, early astronomers mapped the heavens with math, myth, and sheer curiosity. This crossword quiz celebrates the minds who first charted the cosmos.

Bathed in the soft light of morning, these mysterious stone structures stand as silent witnesses to a forgotten era. Surrounded by mountains and kissed by the rising sun, the ancient village invites ...

History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

The mineral fluoride found in drinking water has no connection to lowered children’s IQ levels, according to a recent study. The research, published in Science Advances, opposed Health and Human ...

A new decades-long study has found no evidence that exposure to recommended levels of fluoride lowers children’s cognitive skills. The research, which was published on Wednesday in Science Advances, ...

Egyptian alabaster vessels may have been the ancient world’s hookah. In a study published in September in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, researchers identified ...

A new study finds that the wide range of domestic dog shapes and physical attributes we're familiar with today first started appearing thousands of years ago. It might sometimes feel hard to believe ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. WASHINGTON — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas of ancient Roman ...

Construction of Egypt’s Karnak Temple did not start on an empty plain. New evidence says Karnak’s first footprint rose on natural high ground that sat among ancient channels carved by the Nile River ...

In a study that shines new light on the movement of people along the legendary Silk Road, a team of genetic researchers from China has successfully decoded the DNA of the Sogdians, a people from ...

ATLANTA — A recent study of cognitive analyses says the average intelligence quotient, or IQ, in the United States is about 98. According to the study by NCHStats, based on data from MedicineNet, when ...