Birch tar was among the most useful materials available to prehistoric humans and was primarily used as a glue to bind stone ...

A fresh look at data from the first two years of the pandemic suggests 19 percent more deaths occurred than were officially ...

A committee of non-experts cannot be said to embody ‘fairly balanced […] points of view’ within the relevant scientific community,” the judge wrote.

The buried structures are found under a deposit known as the Margin unit, rich in magnesium carbonates. The team found that the buried structures suggested multiple erosional and depositional episodes ...

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human family tree.

Agriculture changed the human story forever, jetpacking our species into an era of unprecedented growth and complexity. But the shift from wandering hunter-gatherer to settled far ...

It's perfect timing on the Sun's part, as the aurorae will match the bump in visibility we get at the equinox.

These clumps of cells are a far cry from what most of us picture as a robot, but they could one day be useful due to their mysterious healing properties.

The plastic crisis has inspired a search for organisms capable of safely breaking down various forms of artificial material currently polluting land and water. So many different t ...

A rare daytime fireball was spotted by many people yesterday across the US Midwest, burning brightly in the sky before falling apart. There is a good chance that this object has l ...

Previously known only by locals, the behemoth of a coral structure resides in the Maug Islands in the Mariana archipelago. Fortunately, scientists got the opportunity to study the ...

Researchers at CERN have announced a new particle that is like a slightly heavier version of the proton. This new particle, ...