Category science

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be “regenerated.”

A new study finds that middle kids and kids from larger families are more agreeable, honest and humble than younger and older kids or kids from smaller families, but the results contradict other research on the topic.

From angry dolphins and snakes taking faking their deaths to the next level, to a frog who had just had enough. Take our quiz on the strangest animal news of 2024.

A 2018 astronaut photo shows a festive, fir-tree-shaped artificial reservoir in Iraq decorated with both natural and imagined ornaments.

How much do you know about the archaeology of early Christianity? Take our quiz to find out.

Collected from some of the best-known photography competitions around the world, here are the most captivating nature photos of 2024.

Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate, but it was once a place where tectonic plates came together.

A new study hints at a “previously recognized” mechanism that links a rare chromosomal disorder to schizophrenia.

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

A genetic analysis of six people buried in a Moche tomb around A.D. 500 revealed that two teenagers were sacrificed to their close relatives.