Study of 95 pre‑Neolithic sites suggests corpses were bound, smoke‑dried over low‑temperature fires and then buried — a practice persisting for millennia and predating Egyptian mummification
62‑foot asteroid appears to be a temporary quasi‑satellite of Earth, researchers report in Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society and underwater archaeologists say the three-masted cargo schooner was found intact after nearly 140 years on the bottom of Lake Michigan
Lockheed-built X-59 will begin low-speed flight checks before higher-altitude supersonic tests aimed at producing a thump rather than a boom and informing overland flight rules.
A G3 storm hit late Sunday and a follow-up G2 geomagnetic storm is expected Monday, producing auroras and raising the chance of localized power, satellite and radio disruptions in at least 11 states.
Scientists say iris colour is determined by light scattering and levels of melanin, with multiple genes shaping the range from brown to blue to green.
Pan‑STARRS observations show asteroid 2025 PN7 shares Earth's orbit but is not gravitationally bound and is expected to remain nearby for decades
Proposal includes an estimated $1 billion increase and two priority directives — fission surface power for the Moon and accelerated development of commercial low‑Earth‑orbit platforms — framed as a response to China’s space ambitions.
The bat, thought to have crossed the North Sea from continental Europe, hit a car windscreen in Whitburn and was rehabilitated and released by volunteers in Sunderland.