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The fort would have contained multiple buildings and was built sometime between the first and third centuries.

The average number of visible dark patches on the sun’s surface in August was higher than any other month since September 2001. The final count was also more than twice as high as experts initially predicted it would be, demonstrating…

Kamikaze termites in French Guiana carry highly volatile toxic “rucksacks” that are ready to be deployed in an instant, when the termite needs to defend its colony.

The 50-million-year-old Pegasus volans isn’t closely related to seamoths or oarfish, like some researchers have suggested. But what is it?

In AI Snake Oil, two computer scientists set us straight on the power and limits of AI and offer advice for moving forward.

The Aviron Strong Series Rower makes rowing fun, but can this beast of a machine keep us coming back for more?

IQM’s quantum processor achieved 99.9% fidelity in recent tests, the company says. Here’s what that actually means.

Waterpower may have given a big lift to the builders of Egypt’s first pyramid.   It was built for King Djoser, the first ruler of Egypt’s Third Dynasty. That was nearly 4,700 years ago. The structure’s stone platforms get smaller as…

A 2012 satellite photo captured an unusual “double rainbow” glory appearing next to an unconnected chain of rare vortices in the clouds above Mexico’s Guadalupe Island.

A missing porbeagle shark was likely killed by a great white. It’s the first known case of adult porbeagles being hunted by a predator, scientists say.