It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tláloc (gods of war and water) was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active ...

U ntil we live in a world based purely on sliding doors, door hinges will remain some of the most unsung heroes of our society. We'd still be able to saunter through door frames, ...

Daniel Gana is a cannabis scientist, researcher, and content creator. He is interested in psychedelics, cannabis science, cannabis tech, and cannabis cultivation. He applies his knowledge of the ...

Most volcanoes are born along fault lines that intersect Earth's tectonic plates, because this is where the planet's crust is weakest and magma from the mantle can easily rise to the surface.

The Aztec deity Xolotl was seen as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god linked with life and light. In many ways, Xolotl was Quetzalcoatl’s opposite. He was associated with ...

And as some priests engaged with Brahmins, they found that the trappings of many gods were simply a humanised vision of something more akin to a familiar and orthodox monotheism. A recognition of ...

In fact, Earth had a handful of quasi-moons ... and Tecciztecatl, an Aztec lunar god who once aspired to be the sun. “It really brings people into the science who otherwise have been like, ...

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our heads, yet the pull of Earth's gravity never hauls the complex out of orbit and sends it plummeting through our atmosphere, where it ...

Credit: Guo Jun / Xinhua / Getty Images via Grist As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants—nearly a ...

Elon Musk drew a distinction between a creative entity and a moral observer. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed he is open to the "idea of God", but his views remain shaped by a ...

Rainforests in these regions cover just 2% of Earth's total surface area and yet house half of the world's plant and animal species. Deforestation is the clearing of forests. Most deforestation ...