There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

More than half a century ago, China built the first modern bridge across the Yangtze River in Wuhan. In the early 90s, it was hard to believe that a bridge, at least 400 meters long, could appear in ...

Explore the history of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world, and delve into the reasons behind our ambition ...

Although human constructions have modified natural spaces for millennia, few plans or maps predate the period of the literate civilizations of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Researchers from the ...

A group of researchers have identified at least seven stars that might be surrounded by advanced alien mega-structures known as "dyson spheres." NBC News' Ellison Barber speaks with Janna Levin, a ...

Aerial view of the 200 ha large settlement area of the Tripolye mega-site Maidanetske with excavation areas. The construction of 3000 houses and the feeding of a population of several thousand people ...