Scientists appear to have unravelled the mystery of Mars' "Martian dichotomy" - a contrast between its southern highlands and northern lowlands that's puzzled experts for over half a century.

Archaeologists have made a stunning breakthrough after discovering an 11th Centry medieval toilet that has helped to unravel a 2,000-year-old mystery. Researchers from the University of Exeter and ...

Schools around the world have closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, leaving parents and teachers scrambling to figure out how kids can learn at home. We can help! Science News Explores and the ...

The mystery surrounding twin sisters who vanished nearly a month ago continues as police gave a sad update last night. A major search and rescue mission was launched a week into the new year when ...

A new preprint study has taken a closer look at the "universe-breaking" Little Red Dot galaxies discovered in the early universe, potentially compounding the mystery surrounding them. JWST has ...

People in the UK have been advised to avoid some medical settings and to wear masks in some hospitals and clinics after a rise in cases of a virus now as HMPV. Infections caused concern when there ...

What was lost is now found. Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded historians for centuries. The caper ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke that scholars have spent hundreds of years searching for. In 1587, a group of colonists ...

Cases of the former 'mystery' virus originating in China have risen sharply in the last week, causing alarm among parents. China was forced to put emergency measures in place earlier this month ...

Pete Volk (he/they) is Polygon’s Curation Editor, with a particular love for action and martial arts movies. Grand Theft Hamlet tells the story of the duo’s one-of-a-kind production, showing ...

Indiana Jones wannabes, your time has come. A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the ...