Juliane Koepcke remembers the moment she regained consciousness amid the wreckage of a plane that had been struck down by a storm and crashed into the understory of the Amazon rainforest. She thought ...

In a new study, scholars claim glacial ice played a role in getting the Altar Stone partway to the Salisbury Plain. The team modeled glacial movements and concluded that the large Altar Stone may have ...

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Archaeological crews working on a new rail line in Britain uncovered a rare Roman coin made between 286 and 293 C.E. The coin, minted by Carausius, helps date the discovery thanks to the seven-year ...

Mary Embree discovered saxitoxin as a poison for a secret CIA “heart attack gun” that could kill undetectably while mimicking natural causes during covert operations. The Church Committee exposed the ...

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“The new data leave only one conclusion,” University of Düsseldorf biologist William Martin, senior author of the study, said in a press statement. “The bacteria and archaeal lineages made the ...

If you just bought a new house with a big yard, or your old riding mower is about ready for replacement, you’re probably faced with the question: Zero-turn or lawn tractor? There are arguments to be ...

The researchers propose that brain mitochondria work in two complementary modes: a long-timescale “baseline” mode that keeps neurons and circuits primed, and an “activity-evoked” mode that delivers ...

Fixed-blade knives are one of humanity's oldest tools, but they're far from obsolete. While folding pocket knives are more ...

The Colorado River is approaching thresholds its dams were never meant to cross. What happens next could transform how water and electricity move across the American Southwest.

We mine more sand every year than any other solid material, and scientists warn that we’re taking more than the planet can replenish.