New research reveals how Mayan astronomers built a precise eclipse prediction system using complex lunar mathematics.

Continuing a steady stream of limited edition DualSenses, the God of War 20th Anniversary controller features an immediately recognizable Kratos-inspired design. It's a strong play on the contrasting ...

Editor’s note (September 9th): This article has been updated. WHEN TECH folk talk about the lacklustre progress of large language models (LLMs), they often draw an analogy with smartphones. The early ...

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., faced widespread backlash online after he warned against the idea of God-given rights used in the Declaration of Independence. "The notion that rights don’t come from laws and ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land ...

Scott Alexander, the noted rationalist blogger, has a feature where guest writers pen book reviews and essays for his site, and this week an anonymous writer reviewed the historical literature on Joan ...

Hearts torn from chests, blood spilled on stone altars—these brutal offerings weren’t punishment, but devotion. In temples and cenotes, death fed the heavens. Barack Obama responds to Donald Trump's ...

A team led by University of Houston archaeologists Arlen Chase and Diane Chase—a married couple about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary—has discovered the fourth-century CE tomb of an ...

Researchers in Belize discovered what may be the tomb of Caracol’s first dynastic leader, Te K’ab Chaak. Previous excavations at Caracol revealed two more burial sites, both dating back to a similar ...