Meteorites help to explore the history of planets to which scientists have not yet been able to deliver samples for ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield were able to reproduce the optical effect of the famous "Lycurgus Cup", which ...

Ancient Roman glassmakers achieved a remarkable optical effect that modern scientists have struggled to reproduce.

Ancient monuments are more than just physical structures; they’re living testaments to the values, beliefs, and aspirations of the societies that built them. Each civilization put its own unique stamp ...

Scientists have, for the first time, rebuilt ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) using DNA from archaeological human remains that are more than 2,000 years old. The research, ...

Scientists discovered 2.3 million conserved non-coding sequences—some hundreds of millions of years old—using Conservatory, a new comparative plant genomics platform. Plant genomes often have ...

Scientists ran a drug test on hair found in a 2,800-year-old burial mound. It came back positive for pot, the earliest known ...

The 15th edition of The Best Australian Science Writing, edited by Zoe Kean and Tegan Taylor, contains 39 essays and stories that “tell tales of the universe that scientists have worked hard to reveal ...

When and how ancient humans reached what is now Australia and New Guinea has been a long – and hotly contested – discussion. Now, the results of a genetic study suggests it occurred at least 60,000 ...