Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?

The wreck now lies on the floor of a small harbor on the island of Nosy Boraha off the northeast coast of Madagascar, which ...

Ruins of the Palaspata temple complex from the millennia-old Tiwanaku civilization are unraveling some mysteries about the ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing controversy in neuroscience.

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the International Space Station passed directly in front of our ...

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until they are excreted, new study finds.

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that ...

An analysis of ancient animal bones found in Germany suggests that Neanderthals extracted grease from them to gobble up ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

A possible new "jellyfish" galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could deepen our understanding of galaxy ...