It sounds modern, but vending machine origins go back to ancient times, rooted in an early mechanical invention that feels ...

Archaeologists in Southern Iraq have identified the site of ancient Alexandria, a large port city founded by Alexander the ...

Turns out, we can learn a lot about history and the age of things with a thing called Carbon Dating. Carbon dating has ...

Migration into the Americas is not about a single “path,” but timing can still rule routes in or out. The Holzman evidence supports the idea of a southward movement of ancestral Clovis-era populations ...

Part I of the Polar Nexus Series: Reconstructing the ancient world that existed long before recorded history and left its fingerprints on every early civilization.

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine parasites, suggesting heartworm disease has a far deeper and more complex ...

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

The fossil was among the remains of 12 ancient bird species and four frog species found in a cave near Waitomo — marking the first time such a large cache of million-year-old fossils has been ...

These cartoons about history are great for parents to watch with their kids to explore history in a factual, fun, and ...

In 2026, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is celebrating all things American bison. Through a series of ...