Between the 50 pianos and the instruments in the orchestra, the total number of strings the audience hears is closer to ...

Previous research suggests that brown dwarfs should contain phosphine—which forms when phosphorus combines with hydrogen—given the conditions of their atmospheres. But past observers failed to find a ...

The popularity of the humble street food is a testament to cultural survival for the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who ...

Visitors can explore 3D renderings of stolen artworks, historical artifacts, rare books and more in UNESCO's new digital ...

A neurologist shares her thoughts and research about “ecstatic epilepsy” in a wide-ranging conversation on how we perceive ...

Shot by Brian Duffy in 1973, the famous lightning bolt print is estimated to break the record currently held by Led ...

Bearded vultures have been extinct in southern Spain for 70 to 130 years, depending on the specific region. But while the birds have disappeared from the area, their well-preserved nests can still be ...

The Cassini spacecraft flew by the small, icy moon in 2008, collecting information that suggests it shoots out molecules that ...

Nearly three million visitors flocked to Canada to see the five identical sisters—the first quintuplets to survive infancy. The siblings later said the publicity destroyed their childhoods ...

The vessels sank in a violent hurricane off the coast of Florida in July 1715, when they were traveling from Cuba to Spain with an estimated $400 million worth of coins and jewels from the New World ...

She was considered the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees and was renowned for her global conservation efforts ...

There are also lion statues in places like China, Indonesia and Cambodia, where no lion ever set paw. Elephants, rhinos, chimpanzees, gorillas, leopards, polar bears? Hardly any. For humans, lions ...