The next time the kids don't want to do their homework, remind them that knowledge is power. That's what the ancient Mayans believed. Those with the most knowledge -- astronomers, priests, doctors -- ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven ...

MEXICO CITY – Seize the day. Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. Unlike enthusiasts of other doomsday theories who suggest ...

The tourism industry in Mexico is hoping that its visitors over the next year, rather than panic over the end-of-the-world prediction that comes with the looming Dec. 21, 2012, take a different ...

MEXICO CITY - Seize the day. Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. Unlike enthusiasts of other doomsday theories who suggest ...

Asked what they'd most like to see at the Science Museum of Minnesota, visitors overwhelmingly said a show about the Maya, the ancient Central American civilization whose monumental stone pyramids and ...

MEXICO CITY — Only a year is left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. While some doomsday theorists may suggest putting together survival kits, people in ...

Studies of the bones of dogs, large cats, turkeys, and other animals found in the Maya city of Ceibal show that, as early as 400 BCE, the Mayan elite were importing dogs from distant corners of ...

MEXICO CITY -- Seize the day. Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. Unlike enthusiasts of other doomsday theories who ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...