On a purely visual level — looking at color, form, texture, materials — Todd Siler’s paintings, currently on display at the ...

Thirty years ago, astronomers weren’t sure planets beyond our solar system even existed. This year, NASA has confirmed its ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Japanese company Science is commercially producing its Mirai Ningen Sentakuki – Human Washing Machine of the Future – after an overwhelming response at the Osaka-Kansai Expo this year. Only 50 models ...

Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, explored ancient myths and folklore about creating automation, artificial ...

A culture clash awaited Reysuka. She believed that she was about to share a fun museum picture. “I’m a paleontologist with a ...

It’s hard to keep up with all the discoveries made around the world every year in science, but harder still to sort the hype ...

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia gets a lot of different reactions from a lot of different people. For some, it’s awe at all the different ways the human body can develop, from the death plaster of ...