According to the Federal Reserve Board, the central banking system of the US, the US officially adopted the dollar sign in ...

Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

With hours to go before America votes, Trump’s surrogates spent their time building up a myth around a squirrel.

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

Cats are quicker than babies to associate a picture of a word with its corresponding picture, new research shows.

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

Symbols are allotted to political parties as per the provisions of the Symbols Order by the Election Commission of India (ECI). In the largest democracy where a sizeable population is still ...

The book follows a child named Handala who is pictured in the cartoons witnessing the different events depicted, and who has since become a symbol of Palestinian defiance. Al-Ali has been dubbed ...

The Vatican introduced a friendly cartoon character on Monday to welcome visitors for the 2025 Jubilee. This new mascot, named Luce, meaning “light” in Italian, will be a cheerful symbol for the ...

Nov. 5, 2024 — Researchers have developed an AI-powered system that mimics the human sense of smell to detect and track toxic gases in real time. Using advanced artificial neural networks ...