Ancient Greek scientist Erasistratus (300-250 B.C.) is credited with being among the first human lie detectors.

From floating uteruses to far-reaching tubes, this article explores ancient anatomy and the surprising mobility of the female ...

Scientists have uncovered a giant, ancient salamander fossil in Tennessee.

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East ...

"All this extra anatomy," she says, "it's to sense pressure or to sense chemistry in the air or water." So Haridy turned to ancient vertebrate fish whose bumpy exoskeletons scientists believe ...

HARIDY: All this extra anatomy - it's to sense pressure or to sense chemistry in the water. DANIEL: So Haridy turned to ancient vertebrate fish, whose bumpy exoskeletons scientists believe evolved ...

The Hellenic Observatory (@HO_LSE) is internationally recognised as one of the premier research centres on contemporary Greece and Cyprus. It engages in a range of activities, including developing and ...

A new book shows that the Northern Dene people of Alaska and Canada have known far more about the stars than an earlier ...