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Pompeii is best known as a tomb. The ancient Roman city’s inhabitants were instantly encased in ash when Mount Vesuvius…

Would you want to speak with an AI-generated “ghost” of a loved one? The idea might seem creepy or cathartic.…

For the first time, scientists have recovered ancient human DNA from cave walls.  The search took place at caves throughout…

Intense abdominal pain. Extreme fatigue. Explosive diarrhea. These are just some of the symptoms of cyclosporiasis, a foodborne parasitic infection…

Kate Adamala has a vision of the future. In it, biology would replace chemical manufacturing. “Ultimate success,” says the synthetic…

“Shock and awe.” That was Fatimah Jackson’s reaction when police dropped a makeshift bomb onto a residential building in Philadelphia…

It seems some Egyptian royal women really were warrior princesses. Examinations of almost 4,000-year-old mummified princesses suggest that they were…

For the first time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a…

Jeff Carroll was in his mid-twenties, fresh out of the U.S. Army, when a genetic test confirmed his worst fear:…

A once-anonymous Maya scientist now has a name. Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-Chested Fox,” is credited as the author of…