On the night of April 19, 1787, astronomer William Herschel noted an hours-long light as bright as the Orion Nebula…
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The eerie casts of the victims of the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius paint a desolate picture of the…
Around 2,000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii and Herculaneum, entombing the two cities and victims within…
QUICK FACTSName: Roos Carr figuresWhat it is: A set of figurines carved from yew wood and quartziteWhere it is from:…
When you wake up in the morning, it might feel like your brain just switched on at the ring of…
Researchers have developed a lightweight computer mouse that you wear on your finger like a ring and works for more…
A newly discovered way to monitor magma movements beneath Mount Etna could help scientists forecast when it might erupt.Mount Etna,…
A lab accident has led engineers to build a chip that fires a rainbow of powerful laser beams — and…
Easter Island’s giant moai statues could “walk” with only three things in place: a small group of people, long ropes…