It is assumed that an undiscovered “fifth force” likely exists between neutrons in an atom’s nucleus and the electrons ...

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Demand for the ornaments, jewelry, and other luxury items carved from the ivory in elephant tusks has led poachers to ...

Scientists have discovered what may be one of the oldest boomerangs in the world, hidden in a Polish cave for tens of ...

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

A new tool to detect elephant tusks disguised as legal mammoth ivory has been deployed in the battle against poaching. Stable ...

A new forensic test could help identify poached elephant ivory being disguised and smuggled as legal mammoth tusks.

An archeological site Fujia, east China, has provided evidence of a matrilineal society dating back to 2750 to 2500 B.C.E.

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno ...

Bronze Age graves in Hungary show millet replaced meat, mobility dropped, inequality shrank, and diets changed.