A new technique that looks at chemical clues in seawater suggests that the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was a mere 2.5 to 3.7 miles (4 to 6 kilometers) across.
Indian burials that date back 3,000 years mark the oldest known cremations among the Mexican tribe—and contain bones suggesting dogs were "a major component of their diet."
A stash of ancient coins from the Middle East unearthed last week near Stockholm is the largest early Viking hoard ever discovered in Sweden, archaeologists say.
New magnetic clues lend weight to a controversial theory that Earth became massively imbalanced in the distant past, sending its tectonic plates on a mad dash to even things out.
Medieval-era skulls unearthed from the Tower of London represent the oldest confirmed Barbary lions, a subspecies that has died out in the wild, DNA reveals.
An ancient Aztec system of arithmetic, including symbols of hearts, hands, and arrows, has been deciphered, revealing a painfully meticulous tax code perhaps familiar to many today.
Tubular organisms that lived about 565 million years ago were found in positions that indicate they may have been the first animals to engage in sexual reproduction, researchers suggest.
Scientists have unearthed a pristinely preserved statue of Queen Tiye—the favorite wife of pharaoh Amenhotep III—in ancient Egypt's largest funerary complex.
