Discover the hidden gem of sci-fi that took the mantle from Star Trek and Doctor Who, with mind-blowing episodes and ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

Two archaeologists explore the enduring myth that extraterrestrials contributed to the various ancient cultures around the ...

A new study explores whether birch tar, long associated with Neanderthal toolmaking, may have served another purpose as well.

Ancient star PicII-503 discovered in distant dwarf galaxy Star has extremely low iron, revealing early cosmic chemistry ...

Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60,000 years ago, according to some intricately engraved ostrich eggshells found across southern Africa.

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A 700-year-old metal box made from 78 elements could reshape future spacecraft design, with studies by Indian labs suggesting technology far ahead of its time ...

We all know dinosaurs were scary. Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time, weighing between 11,000 and 15,500 pounds, the equivalent of almost three adult African ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a buried ancient river delta on Mars using ground-penetrating radar, revealing evidence of early water flow and boosting hopes of past microbial life on the ...

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte Verde. Scientists found echoes of hu ...