See the Sharpest Image Yet of an Interstellar Comet Passing Through the Solar System Data from the Hubble Space Telescope unveils new information about this ...

Archaeologists Thought This Ancient Site in Spain Was a Church. Was It Actually a Synagogue? A new study examines artifacts and features of the site that may be associated with Judaism, though ...

Shaved ice, stretchy ice cream and other cold treats can transport you in time and place Supporting sustainability and local economies, these out-of-the-way structures known as masserie are ...

Gigantic ‘Walking Stick’ Discovered in Australia Might Be the Continent’s Heaviest Insect Scientists identified the elusive new species from a female found in a high-altitude rainforest’s ...

This Bahne skateboard, now part of the National Museum of American History’s collection, was given to a 9-year-old Tony Hawk by his older brother Steve in 1977. It was the first board the future ...

The Potato May Have Evolved From a Tomato Ancestor Nine Million Years Ago, Genetic Study Suggests A genome analysis indicates wild tomatoes and a potato-like plant called Etuberosum hybridized to ...

A small, elusive lizard is bouncing back following the eradication of invasive rats on an island in the Galápagos. Conservationists say they have rediscovered a leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus ...

How to Watch This Week’s Stunning Dual Meteor Shower and More Upcoming Celestial Events You can catch meteor showers and a special lunar display early this week, and keep an eye out for the ...

Archaeologists have discovered the complete skeleton of a mysterious medieval knight under a former ice cream parlor in Poland. Researchers found the well-preserved remains in the city of Gdańsk ...

Scientists Feared the World’s Smallest Snake Had Gone Extinct. They Just Found It Again When fully grown, the Barbados threadsnake is only three to four inches long—shorter than many earthworms ...

Underwater Archaeologists Capture Photos of Japanese Warship That Hasn’t Been Seen Since It Sank During World War II The “Teruzuki” was a Japanese Navy destroyer that sank near the Solomon ...

These Bananas Duct-Taped to the Wall Are Worth Millions. Hungry Museumgoers Keep Eating Them A visitor recently ate the banana from Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian,” which was on view at the ...