Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay ...

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They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

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Beneath Yellowstone National Park, scientists are reexamining one of Earth’s most powerful volcanic systems after studies ...

From decoding the human genome to exploring the universe, science has made huge strides in the 21st century. The last 25 years have seen an impressive array of scientific advances, from the sequencing ...

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...

Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground or ...

Scientists made a unique discovery in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola: dozens of fossilized bee nests inside rodent bones that were deposited by owls thousands of years ago. When you ...