This week, a team of U.S. officials are in Saudi Arabia, mediating a set of separate talks with delegations from Russia and Ukraine, working toward a possible limited cease-fire, but the outcome remains uncertain. Meanwhile, frontline fighting and missile attacks […]
A new species of dinosaur with strange claws has been unearthed in Mongolia by paleontologists. This new genus and species is a therizinosaur, plant-eating, two-legged giants with long claws, and was discovered buried in the Gobi Desert, according to a
Nearly a billion light-years away, a massive spiral galaxy is screaming into the void. The behemoth, nicknamed J2345-0449, is a giant radio galaxy, or “super spiral” galaxy roughly three times the size of the Milky Way. Like our own spiral
March 25, 2025 To celebrate our 2025 Fellowship recipients, we contacted our winners to learn about their projects and and share their unique experiences in the world of archaeology. We’re thrilled to announce Allison Grenda, the winner of the prestigious
Finn Lau thought he had escaped China’s reach when he got to London. He’d come from Hong Kong, where Chinese authorities were rapidly consolidating control. An extensive protest movement had sprung up in response, which Lau was helping to lead.
Scientists have unearthed the remains of five enormous 25,000-year-old woolly mammoths in Austria — and they appear to have been hunted and butchered by ancient humans. The mammoths were discovered during an excavation of the Langmannersdorf site, about 40 miles
The recent fifth anniversary of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic put the difference between the contemporary right and left on stark display. Liberals have engaged in searching self-reflection—on school closings, the lab-leak hypothesis, the political aftereffects, and other unanticipated
Fossils of 15 million-year-old freshwater fish discovered in Australia represent a species completely new to science — and they still have the remains of their final meals in their stomachs. The fossils of the new species, named Ferruaspis brocksi, were
On March 29, there will be a partial solar eclipse visible from across North America, Europe and parts of Africa. If you’d like to witness it in its full glory, now is a good time to pick up a pair
In George Orwell’s 1984, at the climax of Hate Week, Oceania is suddenly no longer at war with Eurasia, but instead is at war with Eastasia, and always has been. The pivot comes with no explanation or even announcement. During
