This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

The most famous lake in the trio, Lake Tahoe (on the left), is the largest alpine lake in the U.S.. It covers an area of ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives the climate event a 63% chance to "rank among the largest El Niño ...

The Atlantic's enigmatic "cold blob" has once again been linked to a weakening of key ocean currents and a devastating ...

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in ...

Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a rare elite burial of a medieval woman who was accompanied in death by a newborn ...

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better ...

Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly ...

In response to the Disneyland outbreak, we ended up passing SB-277 in California and a number of other important vaccination ...

By taking general relativity into higher dimensions, a trio of physicists has proven that a mathematical pattern of ripples ...

A June update by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts suggests that the coming weather event will be the ...

Technology Computing Quantum Computing China unveils first-of-its-kind 'dual-core' quantum computer — its makers say it improves stability and efficiency A new Chinese quantum computing system pairs ...