Hidden beneath an ancient temple in Assur, Iraq, archaeologists have discovered key evidence of the Cult of Ishtar's origins.

A gigantic shadow rises, silent and flat, across the alluvial plain of southern present-day Iraq, barely fifteen kilometers from the Iranian border. For centuries, the outlines of a cyclopean wall, ...

Since the earliest civilizations, humans have believed that the Earth itself carries protective power. Stones, formed deep ...

Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

A “forgotten Alexandria” on the Tigris is being pulled back into focus by archaeologists using drones and geophysics, revealing what appears to have been a vast, carefully planned metropolis in ...

A University of Houston psychology professor is challenging the notion that dyslexia, or specific reading disorder, stems ...

In the heart of Minneapolis’ Uptown district, Magers & Quinn Booksellers stands as a monument to the written word – a place ...

How Seed Oils Became Controversial—And What the Science Really Says A food scientist debunks the vilification of seed oils on social media and explains what research says about them. Why flu cases are ...

On a bright morning in Hawaii Kai, you pull into a gas station. The Koolau cliffs glow. Trade­winds stir the palms. You slide ...

In this episode, we follow the Ottoman Empire from the frozen nightmare of Sarikamish to the widening chaos in Persia, ...

Ashutosh Goel, a professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, recently appeared on Adaptiv, a bioscience ...

February 5, 2026 • Under Trump administration deals to lower drug prices, pharmaceutical companies are offering some of their drugs at discounted prices through a new website called TrumpRx.gov.