Maya cities grew when drought and conflict made rural life risky. They declined when nature improved and people chose freedom again.

Why move to a city? And why leave? Urban centers today see populations ebb and flow for a multitude of reasons—the economy, ...

In a recent study by Dr. Heather McKillop and Dr. E. Cory Sills, a complete Late Classic Maya residential compound discovered ...

ABC News Live's original docuseries "Last Lands' returns for season 2, covering the two-day ATV journey through Guatemala's ...

Thousands of people visit Teotihuacan each year, drawn by its massive pyramids and wide stone roads. But behind the familiar landmarks, one of archaeology’s biggest mysteries has lingered for decades: ...

Danish linguists have achieved a breakthrough that could finally solve one of archaeology's greatest mysteries by deciphering the writing system of ancient Teotihuacan. The discovery reveals that the ...

Abstract: Reversible data hiding (RDH) has been extensively studied in the field of multimedia security. Embedding capacity is an important metric for RDH performance evaluation. However, the ...

When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and digital balances. But new research led by University at Albany Anthropology ...

With the 2025 MLB season winding to a close, it's time for one final update to our farm system rankings. The last update to these rankings came on July 16, immediately following the draft. Between ...

Abstract: Asymmetric Numeral Systems (ANS) are a family of entropy coders for information sources with a finite alphabet, and usually require approximating the source distribution to rational numbers ...

A group led by former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart will challenge the province's municipal voting system in court, arguing it is unconstitutional and does not lead to fair representation. Vancouver ...