New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information.

CAIRO — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s a ...

A Kenyan site reveals early humans made and used the same Oldowan stone tools for 300,000 years, showing remarkable stability ...

In the 4th century BC, the Greek engineer Aeneas of Stymphalus devised a groundbreaking communication system known as the hydraulic telegraph. This ancient invention utilized synchronized water clocks ...

Revolutionary scanning technology has identified two concealed air-filled anomalies behind the eastern facade of Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid, providing the first scientific evidence to support a ...

The Antikythera Mechanism wasn’t decoration — it was a precision machine built to predict eclipses, planetary movements, and celestial cycles with shocking accuracy. It used gears so advanced that ...

Scientists at Georgia State University have used CRISPR gene editing to restore an ancient enzyme humans lost millions of years ago potentially reversing the buildup of uric acid that causes gout.

Warm deep water driven by ancient meltwater feedbacks caused rapid ice-shelf collapse in East Antarctica 9,000 years ago. The ...

George Washington University archaeologist David Braun and his colleagues recently unearthed stone tools from a 2.75 ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously ...

New evidence is emerging in Kenya of early humans crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years during the Pliocene, despite ...

The season opener for the Discovery Channel series “Expedition Unknown” is as big as it gets in the archeology world. Host ...