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2 Stone Age circles discovered on English moorland may have been part of a 'sacred arc'
Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a "sacred arc," an archaeologist says.
Underwater volcano-like structure is spewing gas off Alaska's coast, US Coast Guard says
Mapping in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off Alaska has uncovered a 1,640-foot-tall structure on the seafloor, but scientists say it's too early to determine the nature of the discovery.
Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA linked to higher BMI in modern Japanese people
A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.
65,000-year-old hearth in Gibraltar may have been a Neanderthal 'glue factory,' study finds
Neanderthals may have used specialized hearths to make tar around 65,000 years ago, a new study finds.
Students' 'homemade' rocket soars faster and farther into space than any other amateur spacecraft — smashing 20-year records
Aftershock II, a new rocket built by students at the University of Southern California, recently broke a number of 20-year-old amateur spaceflight records for altitude, power and speed. It reached more than 470,000 feet above Earth's surface and went "hypersonic."
Gotta Catch 'Em All: How Pokémon Go covertly captured your data for years to train a massive AI model
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, has been scraping users’ scans of the world to build a model that will help robots navigate physical space. Some experts are worried about the potential applications.
Scientists want to build a device that could capture the body heat we radiate, and use it to power other technologies
Imagine going on a run and using your body heat to power your fitness tracker.
With $106 off these top-rated running shoes it has to be one of the best Black Friday Adidas deals we've seen so far
Deal Amazon has dropped an incredible early Black Friday discount on the Adidas Ultraboost Light which features in our best running shoes guide.
Is light a particle or a wave?
Does light behave more like a particle, or like a wave? Today we know the surprising answer. Here's why it took so long to get there.
Supersonic passenger planes 1 step closer to return after successful Boom XB-1 test flight nears sound barrier
The demonstrator craft is an important proof-of-concept for the return of supersonic commercial operations.
Butterfly disease: A disorder that makes skin as delicate as butterfly wings
"Butterfly disease" is a potentially fatal, inherited disorder that causes patients to blister very easily.
UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos'
The latest congressional UFO hearing featured testimony from former military personnel who told representatives that excessive government secrecy hides the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.
'A harbinger of what's to come:' NASA satellites show massive drop in global freshwater levels
NASA satellites discovered that Earth's surface has lost enough water to empty Lake Erie two and a half times since 2015. And the problem could be here to stay.
'Black mold-like substance' and water contamination uncovered by FDA at Tom's of Maine toothpaste factory
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to a Tom's of Maine facility in Sanford that makes toothpaste.
Scientists take huge step forward in making atlas of all 37 trillion cells in the human body
Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell.
This spot will be key to the inevitable collapse of a key Atlantic current
New modeling research reveals that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is particularly vulnerable to shifts in the Irminger Sea from increasing Arctic meltwater.
China reveals secrets of 1st sample taken from the far side of the moon — and it contains a volcanic surprise
Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal.
Lucy's last day: What the iconic fossil reveals about our ancient ancestor's last hours
Fifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died.
Ancient human ancestor Lucy was not alone — she lived alongside at least 4 other proto-human species, emerging research suggests
Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only australopithecine species there.
Largest dinosaur ever auctioned sells for over $6 million — and it's twice as long as a school bus
A 70-foot-long Apatosaurus skeleton, named Vulcan, recently became the biggest dinosaur fossil ever sold when it was acquired for around $6.4 million at an auction in France. The sizable remains weigh more than 22 tons.
