For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

We don’t need fewer opinions. We need fewer systems that profit from turning disagreement into identity warfare.

Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a ...

How did life begin? A team of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and Germany believes the answer may involve sticky gels that coated ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But what would happen if we actually ...

ICE and Border Patrol close sophisticated La Nueva Empresa cartel tunnel under Rio Grande connecting Juárez to El Paso.

There are three factors here that threaten to tip this aspect of Linux life into its own mid-life crisis. The original cadre of developers who glued the GNU core utilities onto the brash new Linux ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

A well-designed physical hedge matrix makes it impossible to find a way out. Similarly, the inversion matrix that takes root in the mind undermines common sense and makes critical thinking impossible.

Hell’s Half Acre, an otherworldly alien landscape in a remote section of central Wyoming is reopening in May. The area was ...

The Denver City Council will have a short but interesting agenda before them on Monday, as they weigh items from long-term ...