The four British former special forces soldiers left the United Kingdom on May 16. By 7:10 a.m. on May 21, they were standing at the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak ...

In 2010, construction crews working in Lower Manhattan found the remains of a Revolutionary War-era gunboat buried deep ...

Researchers have developed experimental contact lenses that use nanoparticles to convert the invisible wavelengths of ...

One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

During the WHOI mission to photograph the USS F-1, the researchers also surveyed another piece of military wreckage: a lost ...

With plenty of artificial nectar available, Anna’s hummingbirds have expanded their range northward and their beaks have ...

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

Created with synthetic textiles, the "nonwoven" gowns could be shortened for the reception or easily packed away for the honeymoon ...

Angler Christopher Thuss stumbled upon the scuttled tugboat "J.C. Ames," which was located just nine feet below the surface off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and museums, and sidewalk cafes overburdened with diners. In this episode, we’d like ...

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, ...