A human skull fragment discovered at the Sima del Elefante site at Atapuerca has become the oldest face in Western Europe.

Black holes – areas of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape – have long been objects of ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

Last week during President Trump’s State of the Union, he declared: “As commander in chief, my focus is on building the most ...

You've heard of Pompeii and the volcano that wiped it out, but how much do you REALLY know about this incredibly famous place ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixin ...

Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like Earth and gases rarely considered in the search for extraterrestrials. In a ...

Researchers have taken a major step towards producing a more affordable and lower-risk polio vaccine using virus-like ...

Microplastics—tiny shards of plastic debris—are all over the planet. They have made their way up food chains, accumulated in ...

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in ...

Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard’s Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. The four planets, each onl ...

Cost, technical performance and environmental impact – these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been dem ...