A skeleton found in Vietnam contains a bone that was likely pierced by a projectile. It may be the earliest sign of interpersonal conflict in mainland Southeast Asia, research suggests.

Bob Ballard is still exploring the ocean seafloor 40 years after discovering the Titanic’s final resting place in the ...

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest example of interbreeding between the two groups.

The purge at the top of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention crystalizes the dilemma facing many professional ...

A hot blob of rock beneath New Hampshire may be helping the Appalachian Mountains stand so tall. The rock mass is slowly on ...

Archaeologists working at a site in Spain say they have uncovered evidence of what may have been a synagogue used by a ...

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

August’s full sturgeon moon is peaking this weekend, accompanied by meteor showers and shining planets. Here’s how to see the ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

The origin of the Peggy Martin rose baffles experts, but the plant withstood the storm after being underwater for weeks. Now, the rose thrives across the United States.

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

Firefly Aerospace made history in March as the first commercial firm to land a spacecraft upright on the moon. Now, the ...