Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo ...

The global water cycle is off balance for the "first time in human history." Researchers have warned that this lack of balance could lead to a massive water disaster, which could terrorize the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Federal health and environmental officials announced a $144-million effort to study microplastics in human bodies ...

María Osorio Osorio, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from the municipality of Santa María Chiquimula, in Guatemala’s Totonicapán department, lives without access to running water. Three times a ...

Hopes that humans could live on Mars have been given a boost after scientists located an alternative water supply. It comes as plans appear to be moving forward as boffins were able to extract oxygen ...

María, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from Guatemala lives without access to running water. Three times a week, she makes a two-hour round trip to collect water from a well or ravine, sometimes ...