“Science is allowing us to reveal the actual lives of the victims, which is much more respectful than just using them as ...

These “miniature trails of destruction,” as the researchers call them, are caused by high-energy particles bouncing off the ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.

Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the Earth.

Many peoples throughout history used the warmth of the Sun to heal. Others used lamps or light split into different colours, ...

The site, known as the Quebrada Honda Basin (QHB) in the Andes mountains in southern Bolivia, encompasses a time period 13 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch. During the Miocene, the Earth's ...