A new look at the 13th-century Stone of Destiny reveals mysterious markings and other 'anomalies' that previously went unnoticed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Tiny symbols engraved into ancient Roman drinkware may be more than merely decorative accents. After two years of research, ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

This essay is part of Demystifying the Mind, a special report on the new science of consciousness. The next installments will appear in the February 25 and March 10 issues of Science News. When ...

The National Academy of Sciences added a “foreign associate” to its goodly company: Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was worthy of the honor. Besides a monster string of ...

SCIENCE is under assault. In the US and throughout the world, rhetoric about evolution, stem cells, global warming and other controversial and cutting-edge technologies often transcends legitimate ...

The evaluating criteria for the Choices healthy food symbol are to be reviewed and potentially adjusted, following the establishment of a new international scientific committee. The Choices Programme ...