George Washington's stash of centuries-old cherries found hidden under Mount Vernon floor
Enslaved people picked the cherries around 250 years ago, likely in pre-Revolutionary War times.
By Harry Baker published
Three closely grouped lakes in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley have distinctly different hues thanks to a combination of unique features.
By Stephanie Pappas published
Researchers suggest that the famed Golconda diamonds, including the Hope Diamond and Koh-i-noor, may have originated from a volcanic outcrop nearly 200 miles from where they were mined.
By Kristina Killgrove published
Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Underwater archaeologist and author David Gibbins discusses his new book about shipwrecks around the world.
By Tyler Santora published
Lab research often gives one answer about whether smiling can make you feel happier, but does that translate to the real world?
By Skyler Ware published
Why don't dogs claws retract like felines' do?
By Angely Mercado published
The causes range from innocuous media exposure to severe mental illness.
By Ben Turner published
By precisely measuring the mass of neutrinos — ghostly particles that stream through your body by the billions each second — physicists could find some glaring holes in the Standard Model of particle physics. A new experiment has taken them one step closer.
By Paul Sutter published
With the nature of the universe's two most elusive components up for debate, physicists have proposed a radical idea: Invisible particles called tachyons, which break causality and move faster than light, may dominate the cosmos.
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Scientists using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have unveiled the largest 3D map of the universe ever. The results suggest that dark energy, the mysterious force pulling the universe apart, may be weakening, challenging prevailing theories of cosmology.
By Sam Lemonick published
More than two decades ago, scientists predicted that at ultra-low temperatures, many atoms could undergo 'quantum superchemistry' and chemically react as one. They've finally shown it's real.
By Lloyd Coombes published
Deal Save big on a Dr J Professional air purifier for your home at Walmart, now under $100.
By Nicholas Fearn published
Qubits can be made by floating a suspended electron over a pool of liquid helium rather than being embedded them a solid-state crystal — which leads to impurities and errors.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Scientists want to replace electrons with so-called 'nanobubbles' — or skyrmions — to store data more densely and efficiently in advanced memory components that would replace RAM and flash storage.