When we think of modern innovations, we often picture digital devices, advanced medicine, or sleek engineering. But what if many of the ideas we call “modern” were already in use thousands of years ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study ...

Consider this ancient ear of maize, which Walter Hough pulled out of a New Mexico cave more than a century ago. Hough worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (the repository ...

"Our ancestors mistakenly assumed space travelers were gods," he said. Ancient civilizations lacked the word for "rocket." "So they spoke of 'fiery furnaces in the sky," Tsoukalos said.