A pile of ancient arrowheads from southern Africa still holds traces of toxic plant residue, even after some 60,000 years.

TL;DR: A team of students from Hunan University and China Agricultural University revived a 2,000-year-old Han-era rice recipe using ancient techniques and modern technology. Guided by experts, they ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...

Five hundred million years ago, a larva this small swam in the oceans of the Cambrian Period, its tiny form supporting a ...