The new proof broadly consists of three steps: derive the macroscopic theory from the mesoscopic one; derive the mesoscopic theory from the microscopic one; and then stitch them together in a single ...

However, Phoenician burial customs changed in the seventh century B.C. when they began to bury the deceased. According to a ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Mathematicians have long been captivated by the elusive and random nature of prime numbers. Now, they say, prime numbers can ...

A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, ...

Math, citizen science and the scientific method are all tools researchers use to investigate evidence of unidentified ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Mehtaab Sawhney, who joined Columbia last year, enjoys the thorny work of proving a seemingly straightforward statement of ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...