We can split atoms, map the human genome, and launch cars into space. Still, there are objects built hundreds or even ...

According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For ...

His recreation suggests that ancient people may have been harnessing electricity millennia earlier than we thought.

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.

An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen stone tools, highlighting unexpected technological sophistication 500,000 years ...

A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early elements of cuisine.

Shards from the Baltic region showed higher traces of freshwater fish, with some regions also including berries, sea beetroot, flowering rush, beets, and sea club-rush tubers. There were also traces ...

Because cremation dominates the Urnfield period, the Late Bronze Age has long been a “blind spot” for biomolecular research. The new study published in Nature tackled that gap by focusing on ...

Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the Earth's mantle begin to vigorously circulate in a process called ...

Eclipse will feature a deep, coppery-red full moon on 3 March. From Sydney to New York, use our guide to find out when the eclipse will be visible and the best time to see it tonight.