INDIANA, USA — What a sight it must have been in ancient times to see a total solar or lunar eclipse. Over the centuries, astronomers were able to predict days of when eclipses would happen, and now ...

Long before telescopes and space travel, ancient civilizations had incredibly creative ideas about what the universe looked ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

"It's so rich." Researchers uncover source of 'white gold' linked to ancient civilization: '[It] is the top of the top' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Archeologists beam lasers from the sky to unearth ancient settlements hiding in plain sight. Lidar uses laser pulses to penetrate dense vegetation, revealing human-built structures underneath. The ...

Despite its relative proximity to the Pacific Ocean, South America’s Atacama Desert is so arid that scientists use it to simulate conditions on Mars. Yet a thousand years ago, farmers grew crops there ...

Whether it's the sacking of Babylon or the fall of the Roman Empire, we often assume the downfall of ancient civilizations comes down to one thing: war. Historians had assumed the same about another ...

It’s amazing, isn’t it? Our blue planet. The only planet in the solar system that’s surface is covered in liquid water. But less than that 1% of it that is ...

Coupled with the design of the built environment, the natural topography of a city can further accentuate temperature differences from one neighborhood to another. Civilizations have recognized the ...