Cistercian monks in France protected their tomes with furs from faraway marine mammals This medieval book, kept at the Médiathèque du Grand Troyes in France, is wrapped with seal skin. Though the book...
The death of a second child from measles is raising alarm bells anew that an ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease is larger than official numbers suggest. And it comes at a time when the ...
A Dallas-based company claims to have brought back wolves that last roamed the Earth more than 12,500 years ago and became widely known due to the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones."Colossal Biosciences...
Earth’s average temperature is continuing to tick inexorably upward as the world’s nations stall at reducing their atmosphere-warming emissions. In the face of that grim future, strategies to try to t...
Warning: This article contains graphic pictures. Reader discretion is advised.Stunning pictures show a female baby mammoth, dating back over 130,000 years, recently being dissected by Russian scientis...
The copper cymbals suggest regional trade extended beyond pottery, beads and knives A pair of Bronze Age cymbals unearthed in southeastern Arabia, including this one shown during excavations, point to...
Taking a jolt of lightning also kills parasitic vines A Dipteryx oleifera tree, standing tall in the jungle. Researchers think that this tree’s height and large crown attract lightning. Evan Gora Gett...
As the Mars rover Perseverance crested the top of Witch Hazel Hill, its operators back on Earth expected amazing things. This area on the western rim of the Jezero crater, along an ancient river delta...
At 6 a.m. on March 25, Philip Huang, director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services department, got a devastating email. Millions of dollars in federal grants that the health agency had were ...
NASA’s Aura and Canada’s SCISAT near the end of missions to monitor ozone-depleting substances NASA’s Aura satellite (illustrated) has been orbiting Earth for more than 20 years. It is expected to run...
A future Mojave Desert may have new pockets of habitat, but the reptiles may be stranded Despite living in hot deserts, Gila monsters prefer cooler microhabitats, like shady burrows. As the Mojave hea...
Vaccination led to a 20 percent reduction in dementia risk in Wales A shingles vaccine might have an unexpected benefit, potentially reducing the risk of being diagnosed with dementia. People who rece...
