The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour the remnants of a dried-up Martian lakebed for signs of ancient life. Scientists have been focused on ...

Today, the Sahara is a 3.6-million-square-mile expanse of blistering sand, sweeping dunes, and barren rock. It defines the very concept of an inhospitable wasteland. Yet, hidden deep within the arid ...

Ancient Iranian technology adapted desert life through windcatchers, qanat water systems, yakhchals for storing ice, and some of the earliest windmills. These inventions used airflow, gravity, thick ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...

Over 2 billion people lack safe drinking water, and 3.4 billion lack proper sanitation—key risks for child mortality and stunting. The World Bank Group helps countries improve water and sanitation ...

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

RALEIGH, N.C., March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Levitate, the AI-powered relationship marketing platform serving more than 8,000 businesses, today announced it has raised $16 million in a new funding ...

What if the future of clean energy is actually ancient? The Thunderstorm Generator uses plasmoid reactions, sacred geometry, and toroidal plasma physics to reduce engine emissions — reportedly ...

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In the depths of Scarisoara cave in Romania sits one of the world’s biggest underground glaciers, a monumental slab of ice the size of roughly 40 Olympic swimming pools that began to form around ...