Shocking DNA findings pulled from two mummies discovered in Northern Africa may rewrite the family tree of human history.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown type of neural stem cell (pNSC) that exists outside the brain and spinal cord, overturning decades of neuroscience dogma.

In a nutshell The Arabian Peninsula experienced multiple wet periods over the past 8 million years, transforming from desert ...

After a threatening email was sent to a school in the western German city of Duisburg, police said on Friday that they have ...

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A machine learning method has the potential to revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy. Detecting binary neutron star mergers is a top priority for astronomers. These rare collisions between dense ...

Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.

New research shows that a child's ability to regulate behavior—an aspect of executive function—is closely tied to how they understand and learn language.

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...