This shrimp-like arthropod was among the first to have a mandible, and it used a complex feeding mechanism during the Cambrian explosion, according to a new study
The track incorporates recycled mussel and clam shells in a bid to help make the Summer Games the most sustainable yet
The items also went on display in an exhibition that detailed the repatriation process
Researchers found that electric currents from polymetallic nodules are behind this alchemy—the same minerals that deep-sea miners are targeting
Canines that smelled the sweat of anxious people were less likely to approach a bowl that might have contained food, indicating humans' emotions can affect dogs' behavior
Artist Lily Hevesh spent ten days creating the elaborate installation at the National Building Museum
The rover’s wheel cracked open a rock and revealed pure elemental sulfur, which researchers have never seen on the Red Planet before
Hydrothermal explosions typically occur every year in the popular national park, but rarely in areas so heavily trafficked by visitors
The fragment, which was part of Washington's dining marquee during the Revolutionary War, is now on display at a museum in Philadelphia
Before the papacy relocated in the 1300s, first to Avignon and then to the Vatican, pontiffs lived at the Lateran Palace
The only known wild Wood's cycad was discovered in 1895, and it has since been cloned into many male trees. Now, researchers are scouring a forest in South Africa for an elusive female specimen
The captain said he would "rather lose any sum of money than to have the brute perish as he did"
The global average surface temperature soared to 17.15 degrees Celsius on Monday, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a short-lived record set on Sunday
Ilê Sartuzi briefly pocketed a 17th-century coin to make a statement about looted artifacts held by the museum
All of the wild Brazilian sharpnose sharks tested in a new study had the drug in their bodies, but many questions remain about cocaine's effects on aquatic creatures—and the humans who eat them
The small artifact, discovered near an ancient farmstead, features an engraving of the goddess Minerva
Though not as prolific as the Perseids, this annual spectacle is 'scientifically interesting' because its comet of origin remains a mystery
Officials introduced the day-tripper fee to fight overtourism in the historic city, but critics aren't convinced it's helping
A new study finds the average chimpanzee response time in gestured conversations is 120 milliseconds, which isn’t that far from the human average of 200 milliseconds
A conservator in northern England stumbled upon the work on the reverse side of a piece called "Bar Scene"
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