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'Aha' Moments Seem to Come Out of Nowhere. How Does the Brain Create These Sudden Bursts of Insight?

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History Remembered This Black Medal of Honor Recipient for the Two Worst Days of His Life. A New Book Dives Into the Vietnam Vet's Story

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You Can See a Swirling Sculpture Made of 8,000 Books at a Library in Prague

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The Public Baths of Ancient Pompeii Were Actually Pretty Gross—Until the Romans Built an Aqueduct

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Contents of a Wolf Pup’s Stomach From 14,400 Years Ago Are Teaching Researchers About the Lives of the Last Woolly Rhinos

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All Nine of Jan van Eyck's Surviving Portraits Are Coming Together for the Very First Time in History

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Greenland Sharks Can Survive for Centuries—and Maintain Long-Lasting Vision, Despite Living in the Dark

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Jupiter's Moon Europa Is a Top Candidate for Hosting Alien Life. But It May Lack the Geologic Activity Needed to Birth Microbes

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Who Was the Inspiration Behind the ‘Gibson Girl’ Illustrations? The Artist Said She Was Every Woman

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NASA to Resume Search for Missing Mars Orbiter, But Prospects of Re-establishing Communication With It Seem Slim

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Spaceflight Temporarily Changes the Position and Shape of Astronauts' Brains, MRI Data Suggests

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New Livestream Tour Takes Tourists Underneath Rome Into Never-Before-Seen ‘House of Griffins’

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Could This Portrait of an Elderly Man With a Young Woman's Face Hidden in His Beard Be a Long-Lost Study by Peter Paul Rubens?

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Archaeologists Unearth Intricately Decorated Box Carved From Deer Bone That May Have Once Held Ancient Ointments

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Queen Bumblebees' Tongues Aren't Built for Slurping Nectar—Which Might Keep the Royals Homebound

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Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World's First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.

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The Hidden World of Cold-Water Corals Rises to the Surface With These Glass Sculptures That Are Resurrecting a Lost Craft

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Can't Get Started on a Daunting Task? This Brain Circuit That Slams the Brakes on Motivation Might Be to Blame

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Months Before Rosa Parks Made Headlines, Claudette Colvin Refused to Give Up Her Seat for a White Woman on a Segregated Bus

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See a 157-Year-Old Great Lakes Shipwreck in Stunning Detail With This New 3D Scan

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