When Genghis Khan died in 1227, he left behind a united Mongolia, a vast empire, and an unsolved mystery—his final resting ...

How did the universe form? A few things we know about the universe: it’s infinite, it’s littered with black holes, and thinking about it can make your brain hurt. And one of those things we don’t know ...

Scientists uncovered two new prehistoric shark species, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, in Kentucky's ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study of octopus arms.

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A new study analyzing these halos found that they mimicked the most extreme environments on Earth—those near hydrothermal ...

Elevated temperature landfills are unusual sites where waste temperatures rise far above normal levels. Ohio was home to some of the earliest cases in the 2000s, making it a key place to understand ...

DeepMind’s AI finds new, proven solutions to Navier-Stokes equations—advancing fluid dynamics and future climate, flight, and ...

Earlier this year, Mystery Science Theater 3000, the popular movie-riffing television series that started nearly three decades ago, was revived on Netflix, thanks in part to $6 million that was raised ...

National Geographic program uses science to explore religious controversies. March 29, 2010— -- Could science finally settle some of Christianity's greatest mysteries? In "Touched by Jesus?" ...