The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

Current conditions in Japanese hot springs give clues as to how some of these ancient microorganisms survived and adapted.

New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.

It is now thought that the source of this anomaly was a phase transition in which one mineral’s structure was altered.

I took EcoFlow’s latest portable power station, the Delta 3 Plus, into the wild (literally). I brought it on a five-day ...

The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...

Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains.

A revolutionary RNA mapping method could let us learn from history’s greatest thinkers—starting with Einstein himself.

If you’ve ever picked up a shark’s tooth on the beach or seen a prehistoric creature’s skull on display at a natural history ...

However, some people have specific cases of exceptional memory, like having an uncanny head for numbers, or an obsessive ...

A stellarator is still a donut shape, but extended and twisted, with different pros and cons.

New research suggests that Homo floresiensis’ short stature is probably the result of a type of dwarfism that occurs in isolated environments.