The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory long before flowering plants flourished, upending a ...

Metadata is a vital tool for discovering and preserving history. Learn about efforts across the Smithsonian to highlight ...

For centuries, static electricity has been the subject of intrigue and scientific investigation. Now, researchers from the ...

The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.

Now scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a critical factor explaining that ...

The University of Houston-Victoria is set to kick off the fifth annual History Day event this coming March. Hosted by the UHV ...

From plastic bags to freeways, humans have littered Earth with objects that will last millions of years. What will those ...

Archaeology supports that, 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia were well-versed in boatbuilding and ...

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was the sprawling palace of the Roman emperor Nero. Archaeologists recently uncovered a ...

Given the vast majority of organic boating materials quickly decompose, experts couldn’t be sure whether these Paleolithic ...