Geography

AI unlocks secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls—and the hands that wrote the Bible

For decades, the Dead Sea Scrolls have fascinated scholars and the public alike, offering rare insights into the origins of Judaism and Christianity. These ancient...

1,000-year-old Native American fields rewrite farming history

A groundbreaking discovery in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is changing what we thought we knew about ancient farming in North America. Archaeologists have uncovered an enormous...

AI cracks hidden writing styles in the Bible—and reveals who likely wrote what

A groundbreaking study has used artificial intelligence to uncover hidden writing patterns in the Bible, offering new insights into who may have written some...

Most freshwater fish in southern California carry human-infecting parasites, study finds

A new study has found that more than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California are carrying parasites that can infect humans. These parasites,...

New dinosaur discovery in China reveals rare long-necked species

Scientists in China have discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived around 165 million years ago. The new species, named Jinchuanloong niedu, was a...

Japan’s dinosaur-era skies had a new ruler—and it had a massive wingspan

For the first time, scientists have officially named a flying reptile, or pterosaur, from Japan based on fossilized bones. This exciting discovery gives us a...

Titan may be the liveliest place in the solar system

Every single organism on Earth, no matter the biome, the kingdom, the domain, whether it's an extremophile in a hot spring or some lithotroph...

Scientists uncover secrets of a mysterious wall in the Mongolian Desert

A team of international archaeologists has made an exciting discovery about one of Asia’s least understood ancient structures—the Gobi Wall. Stretching over 320 kilometers across...

Glaciers won’t bounce back for centuries—even if global warming is reversed, scientists say

A new international study has delivered a sobering message: once Earth warms beyond the critical 1.5°C limit, even temporarily, many of the world’s glaciers...

How giant ground sloths got so big—and why that was their downfall

Sloths today are known for being slow, small, and tree-loving creatures. But their ancient relatives were nothing like them. In fact, many extinct sloths were...