A Kansas archaeology professor believes he's found the lost city of Etzanoa, spurring a rethinking of traditional views on the Native Americans' early settlement of the Midwest.

On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced plans to raise the minimum wage and create a single exchange rate pegged to his government's petro-backed cryptocurrency, which would effectively devalue Venezuelan money by 96%.

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The global dust storm on Mars could soon let in enough sunlight for the Opportunity rover to recharge.

The colour survives in the work of 17th Century Spanish colonial painters, a symbol of the wealth that ultimately doomed the Mayans, writes Devon Van Houten Maldonado.

NASA solves a Mars mystery after analyzing a strange flake-like object.

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The ace pilot risking his life to fulfill Richard Branson’s billion-dollar quest to make commercial space travel a reality.

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Light from digital devices triggers creation of toxic molecule in the retina that can cause macular degeneration

The denial of service bug had actually been patched in the Linux kernel weeks before news of it was ever announced.

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The rate of those 65 and older filing for bankruptcy is three times what it was in 1991, a new study finds, as more enter their later years in a precarious position.

A pair of elderly German men escaped from their nursing home to go to a heavy metal festival, it was reported. After the home reported them missing, police found the two at 3 a.m. at Wacken Open Ai…

The future of the space station is up in the air—or rather, a vacuum.

In a new Taschen book, the photographer Massimo Listri travels around the world to some of the oldest libraries, revealing unique architecture

Self-proclaimed "cartonerd" Ken Field published a gallery of alternative election maps designed to reveal markedly different stories about the US.

Remains of grand building that may have housed up to 20,000 scrolls uncovered in central Cologne, dating back to second century AD