Dating Method

Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us

History & Culture

Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us

Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us

3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empire

History & Culture

3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empire

3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empire

Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years

Environment
Perpetual Planet

Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years

Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years

Ancient solar storm pinpoints Viking settlement in Americas

History & Culture

Ancient solar storm pinpoints Viking settlement in Americas

Ancient solar storm pinpoints Viking settlement in Americas

Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals

Animals

Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals

Whale sharks may live up to a century, Cold War bomb dating reveals

Ancient cave art may depict the world's oldest hunting scene

Science

Ancient cave art may depict the world's oldest hunting scene

Ancient cave art may depict the world's oldest hunting scene

Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat

Science

Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat

Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat

Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life

Culture

Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life

Where you grew up, what you ate—your bones record your life

Radiocarbon helps date ancient objects—but it's not perfect

Culture

Radiocarbon helps date ancient objects—but it's not perfect

Radiocarbon helps date ancient objects—but it's not perfect

How are tree rings used to help date an archaeological site?

Culture

How are tree rings used to help date an archaeological site?

How are tree rings used to help date an archaeological site?

How archaeologists determine the date of ancient sites and artifacts

Culture

How archaeologists determine the date of ancient sites and artifacts

How archaeologists determine the date of ancient sites and artifacts

Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

Magazine

Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

Inside the cloak-and-dagger search for sacred texts

Ancient Native American King's House Rediscovered in Florida

Ancient Native American King's House Rediscovered in Florida

Ancient Native American King's House Rediscovered in Florida

Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt

Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt

Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt

What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips

One Strange Rock

What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips

What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips

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