From rejected batches to renewable fuels, researchers are exploring how ice cream makers could reuse ingredients they discard.

The burial site also held three horse skeletons, a young bull, and a possible human sacrifice, hinting at some bizarre funerary rituals.

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The tiny godwit stayed in the air for 11 days, breaking all previously known records of nonstop flight.

Only a few human hands can make this 256-strand pasta.

There was a time when criminals with identical twins could commit serious crimes and still get away with them.

The loss of one ancient Alerce tree could wipe out centuries of fungal diversity.

Hidden for centuries, the hoard reveals a Viking world where silver crossed borders, and its weight could matter more than its shape.

The fortress also hid everything from medieval monks to prehistoric communities.

Sometimes the smartest way to make a medical device smaller isn't to shrink it—it's to fold it.

Around 70% of the animals were female,

Curiosity stumbled onto something we've never seen before.

China's relationship with sand is simply dazzling.

Not all poop piles look alike. One stubborn worm builds towers.

World's highest-living mouse survives in thin air by solving a problem that no other mammal can—not even you, human

Archaeologists have debated whether royal women ever used the weapons in their tombs. Their bones may have settled the argument.

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce environment.

This Magenta world's strange atmosphere made no sense until JWST found intriguing clouds made of salt.

They hide a vast chemical arsenal that researchers are mining for pain, diabetes, and brain disease therapies.

This horrid disease has been with us for much longer than we thought.