By sequencing ancient DNA from the fetus, scientists revealed a severe genetic bottleneck that reshaped Neanderthal history ...

A new study challenges the age of a site in Chile, called Monte Verde, that's crucial to our understanding of how people got ...

Analyzing samples of mummies from different dynastic periods showed how the mixtures of substances used in mummification ...

By scanning the brains of mice throughout their lifespans, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and the University of Texas at Dallas have discovered that the human brain is not unique in how ...

For more than a century, common wisdom held that the original forest of the Adirondacks was largely erased. A new wave of ...

Scientists in the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, who conduct aerial surveys to collect data on ...

A series of deaths and disappearances involving high-level U.S. researchers over the past year has sparked concern among lawmakers, with Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) calling for increased ...

A game dev from Australia is going viral after cryogenically freezing his beloved pet dog in the hopes of finding a cure for ...

What can the world's longest living individual teach us about longevity? A team of scientists coordinated by the University ...

The brain of a 233-million-year-old ancestor of the first flying reptiles has been reconstructed in a bid to work out how ...

This is the first story in a series on “climate gentrification” in Black neighborhoods. Support for this series was provided ...

From an AI-generated mask that can restore a 15th-century painting in three hours to scientists developing eco-friendly ...