Vít Hořejš is sitting alone behind a beat-up laptop at his crowded dining table, grumbling to himself before fully acknowledging our presence. “You’re the first ones here,” he says, and gestures ...

Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw in Poland have made an unusual discovery, after coming across five ancient puppets atop a massive pyramidal complex in El Salvador, dating back to 400 BC.

"Puppet Crimes" comes out of a 400-year-old tradition of hand puppetry which originated in the fairgrounds of Europe. Hand puppet heroes spoke out against the church, the monarchy, and the police.

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we've featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we ...

Archaeologists have discovered rare, 2,400-year-old puppets in El Salvador that may have been used in public rituals to perform well-known events that were "mythical or real." The finding suggests ...