According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.

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If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks ...

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

The alignment of some megalithic temples in Malta suggests they may have been used to teach sailors how to navigate by the ...

But when scientists peer very far back, they find conundrums. JWST observations of the distant past are at odds with ...

My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far ...

Dubbed "Teleios" after the Greek word for "perfect," the object is what's known as a supernova remnant (SNR), a glowing cloud ...

Jumping back in time, Thuban was positioned as a North Star some 4,700 years ago, as early civilizations thrived in ...

Think you’ve seen it all? Discover the hidden side of famous destinations—from Cape Town’s mountain cracks to Kyoto’s quiet canals.