Beneath a public square in Athens lies an engineering marvel that has been dormant for centuries. A part of it passes under a ...

Aging has always been tied hand in hand with the passage of time: a slow and steady process. A little less energy here, a few ...

This description of the teething process comes from a 3,000-year-old medical handbook from ancient Assyria and Babylonia. The ...

Across the board, “blue places” dominated the nostalgic landscape. About a third of all memories involved bodies of water. In ...

From Roman artifacts to Picasso's gowns, this museum lets you hold the past. Most museums show just 3% of what they own. All ...

These discoveries represent the earliest definitive example of human cannibalism in Europe. Earlier claims exist ...

You may be surprised to learn that the human brain, often studied under the lens of its electrical and chemical activity, also releases light. It’s a very faint, invisible light that has sparked a ...

That makes this find exceptionally rare. While bronze weaponry is not unusual in Central Europe, complete or even partial ...

“Those who are currently active and achieving the 10,000 steps a day, keep up the good work,” Dr. Melody Ding, a professor at ...

Growing a baby in space sounds like science fiction. Here’s why it might stay that way.

Rhett Butler is the founder and CEO of Mongabay. Rhett founded Mongabay out of his passion for wildlife and wild places. He ...