Stories by Marc Lallanilla

Testing of a scrap of papyrus, which bears words suggesting that Jesus had a wife, points to the document's authenticity

Gleaned from a new U.N. report and other sources, insects that could help feed Earth's growing population include mopane caterpillars, witchetty grubs, stink grubs and palm weevils

A centuries-old Shortraker Rock-fish may be the oldest of its species ever landed

Ammonium nitrate, frequently added to improve a fertilizer's nitrogen content, is relatively stable under most conditions. If it comes into contact with an ignition source, however, it explodes violently, decomposing rapidly into two gases