Archeologists Found a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Treasure That May Have Touched a Saint’s Hand

It was first sorted with English pennies, until its inscription revealed had a run-in with Norway’s future saint.

America’s Next Catastrophic Industrial Disaster May Already Be Underway

As fiercer storms collide with an aging industrial system, a unique kind of catastrophe is becoming more commonplace—and no one, it seems, is fully prepared to stop it.

Four Decades Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. They Might Try It Again.

Scientists’ experiment on Mount St. Helens suggests rodents can deliver fungi that plants need, but the repair crew has an ...

A Mineral Fingerprint Taken From Stonehenge Just Deepened the Mystery of Its Ancient Origins

The Altar Stone is made of sand eroded from older rocks, and the mineral grains in that sand record where it came from. Researchers date some of the grains by measuring how much of their uranium has ...

The 4 Best Wearable Displays Project a Virtual Big-Screen Anywhere You Need

The XReal xbx a01+ is a more affordable entry-level option if you’re just dipping your toe in the wearable display pool. With ...