Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

A team of archaeologists, paleontologists, and historians from several institutions in Spain, Germany, and Poland, has found ...

The discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt to modern-day India — over 2,000 years ...

He was a warrior so large that his name is now a byword for immense size. But just how big was Goliath the biblical giant in ...

Sunny with a high of 38 °F (3.3 °C). Winds from WSW to SW at 15 to 21 mph (24.1 to 33.8 kph). Night - Mostly clear. Winds SW at 20 to 21 mph (32.2 to 33.8 kph). The overnight low will be 32 °F ...

Foster Farms will close part of its turkey processing in Turlock and lay off 519 employees. The closure will take effect May 9 at the plant that handles fresh turkeys, the company said in a news ...

An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Hughes Fire, which erupted in northwest L.A. County on Wednesday, Jan. 22 ...