Britain's oldest artwork may depict mammoths from a drowned land By Tom Metcalfe Britain's oldest artworks have been unearthed on the Channel Island of Jersey, showing what apperar to be Ice Age scenes of mammoths in ancient lands now drowned by the sea.
Stash of pure, 24-carat gold coins unearthed in Israel By Laura Geggel All that protected this jar of gold was a nail and a good hiding spot.
Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' Episode 48: Mysterious Beer By Live Science Staff This alcoholic beverage has quenched thirsts for thousands of years and is one of the oldest chemistry experiments in the world.
Massive stone structures in Saudi Arabia may be some of oldest monuments in the world By Owen Jarus Mysterious stone structures that dot lava fields and deserts across Saudi Arabia may be some of the oldest monuments in the world, scientists say.
Can carrots give you night vision? By Benjamin Plackett No, Churchill just really wanted Brits to eat more carrots.
Mummified kitten 'strangled' to death before being offered to the gods, new 3D scans reveal By Brandon Specktor Researchers scanned the mummified corpses of a cat, a snake and a bird, revealing the grim details of their deaths
Crusader battlefield where 'Richard the Lionheart' defeated Muslims is unearthed in Israel By Laura Geggel Several clues indicate that a field near Tel Aviv is the site of the 1191 battle.
Why doesn't the US use the metric system? By Benjamin Plackett Identity, politics and good, old fashioned resistance to change.
Freemasons: Behind the veil of secrecy By Tom Garlinghouse Freemasonry is often misunderstood as a cult or a religion, but it's actually the world's largest fraternal organization with a long and complex history.
Thomas Cromwell used 'cut and paste' to insert himself into Henry VIII's Great Bible By Eyal Poleg, Paola Ricciardi New research reveals a plot by Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell to change the balance of power on the Great Bible's front page, just a year before his execution for high treason.
Oldest human cremation in the Near East unearthed By Laura Geggel In 7000 B.C., a kiln-like pit became the site of the earliest know human cremation in the Near East.
4,500-year-old 'timber circles' discovered in Portugal By Owen Jarus The remains of several timber circles constructed over 4,500 years ago have been discovered at the Perdigões complex archaeological site in Portugal.
Landmark transplant in 1960s Virginia performed with heart stolen from a Black man By Mindy Weisberger A groundbreaking heart transplant in Virginia in 1968, one of the first in the world, was performed using the heart of a Black patient that was taken without his family's knowledge.
Book excerpt: 'The Organ Thieves' (Simon and Schuster, 2020) By Mindy Weisberger White surgeons racing to perform a pioneering transplant in 1968 took a Black patient's heart — but didn't tell his family.
Mystery ancestor mated with ancient humans. And its 'nested' DNA was just found. By Stephanie Pappas Today's humans carry the genes of an ancient, unknown ancestor, left there by hominin species intermingling perhaps a million years ago.
Massive ancient temple complex may lurk beneath famous Northern Ireland fort By Laura Geggel Archaeologists have found Iron Age temples and medieval structures in Northern Ireland.
1st intact evidence of Incas' underwater ritual offerings found in a lake in the Andes By Mindy Weisberger Spanish records dating to the 16th century hinted that the Inca people performed underwater ritual offerings, and archaeologists have finally found one that's still intact.
3,000-year-old head may be face of God By Owen Jarus A clay head that dates back almost 3,000 years may be a rare depiction of Yahweh, or God. But other archaeologists aren't convinced.
