Religious temples across China shelter thousands of ancient trees, including species extinct in the wild.

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Researchers studied an ancient granite pebble naturally shaped like a face, marked with a red ochre fingerprint. It happens ...

When a beam of infrared light strikes their ultra-thin lens—barely thicker than a red blood cell—it emerges on the other side ...

As archaeologists continue to study Küllüoba—a settlement of the Hattians, the Anatolian people who preceded the ...

Was the “Big Bang” a cosmic rebound? New study suggests the Universe may have started inside a giant black hole.

To put it simply, yes, vegetarians tend to be more rebellious. But they’re not without a cause. In Western society, meat ...

Hundreds of endangered Australian Green and Golden Bell found a cozy and toasty place to huddle up. Unbeknownst to them, this ...

In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded.

In the quiet before the whir of motion, a cube sits scrambled. Then, in the time it takes to blink—actually, even less—it’s ...