Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely ...

Here's the biggest science news you need to know. Kilauea volcano erupts with lava fountains and ash, engulfing a U.S.

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The Ash Pendant was discovered in a Viking Age burial mound in Sweden and may have been used by a female shaman.

The "sacrificial complex" contained hundreds of bits of horse bridles and bronze beads, revealing a new aspect of ancient ...

Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

Archaeologists in France have discovered three ancient storage jars brimming with tens of thousands of Roman coins. The ...

In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia ...

The Geminid meteor shower has begun. The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 "shooting stars" per hour ...

Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by ...

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan.

Bleached clay rocks found on the Martian surface suggest that the Red Planet was once home to heavy rainfall and tropical ...