Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The ...

The second season of the sci-fi office thriller has plenty of mind-bending mysteries, plus what’s up with that room full of ...

While historians have long debated the holiday's origin story, evidence shows it predates the existence of commercial greeting cards by centuries.

When not diving for food, the American dipper is an elusive bird preferring to hide in the shadows. The only aquatic songbird ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

The team’s approach could inspire museums to entertain visitors with odorous features such as smellscapes. In fact, the ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.

NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of broken fragments no bigger than pencil erasers, and even grains of dust fine enough to ...