These organisms are called “extremophiles” and they push the boundaries of living and thriving on Earth. Pompeii worm. Chen, C., Jamieson, J.W. & Tunnicliffe, V. (2024), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia ...

Some creatures on Earth are so tough, they make the phrase “survival of the fittest” look like an understatement. These unkillable organisms have adapted to endure the harshest environments, from ...

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 20 feet of ash, preserving amazing details about daily life in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is one of the most ...

She has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

She’s jumped out of perfectly good airplanes a dizzying 69 times and recently competed for Clemson University at the United States Parachute Association’s National Collegiate Skydiving Championships.

A modular worm robot and jellyfish demonstrate the benefits of "embodied energy" -- an approach that incorporates power sources into the body of a machine, to reduce its weight and cost.

Archeologists at the site of Pompeii's volcanic eruption, which devastated the Roman city in 79CE, have revealed a detailed timeline of how the horror unfolded across 32 hours. The cataclysmic ...

Awe-inspiring discoveries at the Pompeii archaeological site keep coming with the recent uncovering of a highly well-preserved horse — still harnessed and in its stable. The animal was killed in a ...

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A "once-in-a-century" find has been unearthed in Pompeii after lying hidden for 2,000 years. Archaeologists have discovered a huge private bathhouse - likely the biggest complex in the city ...