I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Over centuries, mathematicians have amassed an array of symbols—from arrows and crosses to shapes derived from letters—to ...

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration weighs whether to require front-of-package food labels, a new study shows some food labels designed to nudge Americans toward healthier food choices can have ...

Illuminated at night, the Kiewit Luminarium is a symbol of the revitalization of Omaha, Nebraska’s Missouri River waterfront.

One might assume that such experiences are merely symptomatic of the post-pandemic era. The COVID-19 education disruption has ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to cra ...

U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a ...

An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl is now getting global ... Like Leshem, Abu Rashid says science offers unique opportunities for fostering collaboration, even among adversaries. A former ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...