An ancient elk gazes into the distance from the steep shoreline cliff of Lake Yövesi. The autumn day is sunny, but very windy ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

Archaeologists in the Middle East have unearthed a stunning 5,500 year old piece of evidence that changes what we know about ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

The 1990s were a golden age for science fiction and fantasy television — a decade when imagination returned to primetime in a ...

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors ...

Researchers uncover two previously undetected bacteria in teeth from Napoleon’s soldiers, revealing a possible combination of illness that ravaged his army in 1812.

Scientists have recently developed a groundbreaking pregnancy test that can detect pregnancy in skeletons buried ...

Indigenous Amazonians pioneered biochar centuries ago, and some still practise it. British farmers are now turning to the ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery at a South Korean castle site, unearthing a 1,400-year-old underground ...

Ancient humans living across Southeast Asian islands over 40,000 years ago were building sturdy, seafaring boats with plant ...