Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, ...

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

A meteorite found in Antarctica in 2012 suggests Earth may have formed with the materials needed to make water, a new study ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 2,500-year-old secret drug room filled with hollowed-out bird bones containing ...

The study reveals how humans use their eyes to communicate nonverbally. In the future, this line of research could lead to a ...

The lower incidence of dementia seen in adults who received the shingles vaccine is likely not just a correlation, scientists ...

Scientists have developed a method for storing quantum information in a single dimension, thereby reducing decoherence, using ...

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times.

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

A new documentary explores the tragic final night of the RMS Titanic with the most detailed digital reconstruction of the ship ever created.

A global study seeks insights into what helps people feel happy, healthy and satisfied — and what holds them back.