Between roughly 600,000 and one million years ago, Africa’s fossil record goes strangely quiet. Genetic evidence suggests ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

There are “costs of life” that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

A change in the weather this week will change the conditions across the county. In higher elevations, snow and ice will ...

Reality catches up to science fiction once again in 2026, the year that served as the setting for Dawn of the Planet of the ...

Gardens can feel like peaceful havens, full of color, fragrance, and life—but lurking beneath the surface, a stealthy enemy ...

In fact, English and Eskimo have about the same number of root words for snow – think: ‘snow’, ‘blizzard’, ‘sleet’, ‘slush’, ‘hail’, and ‘flurry’. To this list one might add ‘avalanche’, ‘powder’, ...

Dwelling around 167 million years ago, the chimeric reptile was discovered along with 70 other prehistoric species.

The first instance of murderous Islamic terrorism occurred in Australia more than 100 years ago. Nothing has changed. The ...

In last month’s column I discussed the importance of uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact for newborn babies. What is extraordinary about this magical first hour after birth is that, if left ...