The sunken chamber or well enclosing a fresh water spring forms the focus of a cult believed to be devoted to the worship of Mesopotamian god of wisdom and sweet water, Enki. Dating back ... Although ...

Scientists have long struggled to determine the size of the megalodon because no complete fossil of the extinct animal has been found. Past studies have estimated the megalodon’s length and ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Paleobiologist Dr ...

Despite years of programs to get girls to code and to pair female scientists with mentors, men outnumber women two-to-one in STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—jobs. The gender ...

Research was challenging in such an extraordinary period: It’s impossible to know whether changes were caused by the specific thing scientists were studying, or by some other aspect of the ...

March 10 (Reuters) - NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees ...

At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil. By Raymond Zhong Reporting from Boston ...

Thousands of researchers and supporters of science protested in cities across the United States and Europe today against actions taken by the administration of US President Donald Trump to cut the ...

It's where scientists are starting fires to better understand how they burn — and how to manage them. The U.S. Forest Service built the fire sciences lab in 1960, inspired by a forest fire that ...

Scientists discovered a massive clone specimen of seaweed a known as bladderwrack along the coast of Sweden, stretching some 310 miles. Bladderwrack can propagate both sexually and asexually, and ...

Enzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all life, an ability that has captured the attention of scientists like me. Consider muscle movement. Your body ...