The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

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A new project called Digital Delacroix is training cutting-edge technology on the French painter's style to unravel the lost artwork's secrets ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a ...

The system harnesses technology similar to that of devices like Alexa and Siri, according to the researchers, and improves on ...

Male Galápagos yellow warblers appear to be shifting their behavior and adjusting their calls in response to the din of ...

Created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi, the three-foot-tall prop can be seen in the film hiding among ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...