In the beginning, there were only myths. For the Greeks, the island of Crete was a distant and strange land and yet the site of some their most important traditions: Zeus was taken there to save him ...

The famine was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, commonly known as late blight, which destroyed potato crops, the staple food for much of Ireland’s poor. This microorganism is very ...

For years, the mysterious signs found on the city’s murals were thought to be nothing more than decorative symbols. But now, ...

When most people picture Egyptian pyramids, they imagine gold treasures and mummy-filled chambers straight out of an ...

A fallen tree in the Amazon has revealed a set of ancient ceramic spheres containing an unsettling mix of remains.

When red devil spiders ventured down the Atlantic and arrived on the Canary Islands, their genome dramatically shrank and became half the size within just a few million years (a b ...

Navigating the labyrinth of conspiracy theories is like wandering through a hall of mirrors—distorted reflections of reality vary widely in their plausibility and strangeness. Some theories entertain ...

Two ancient Roman bronze dodecahedrons and an icosahedron (3rd c. AD) in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Germany. The dodecahedrons were excavated in Bonn and Frechen-Bachem; the icosahedron in ...

The Romanian artist Andra Ursuța’s new show at David Zwirner gallery, “Retina Turner,” consists of 16 large ovoid slabs of cast glass — her Private Dancers. Each encases a spectral, half-formed figure ...

There was something Ziggy Stardust about Thom Browne’s ready-to-wear runway show in Paris. There were no Spiders from Mars, but there were encrusted alien headpieces and a love of lime green. ByNadja ...

Nintendo has fleetingly dropped some bombshell announcements on its Nintendo Today app, but the most recent drop is a real head-scratcher. The gaming company shared a video on the app simply titled ...

The premiere episode of Science Saru's 'Sanda,' from 'Beastars' creator Paru Itagaki, is a delightfully deranged Halloween-meets-Christmas gift that keeps on giving. Reading time: Reading time 3 ...