Our early human ancestors telling fireside stories may have propelled the development of speech by facilitating discussion of ...

Say what you will about Instagram, but the social media platform has undeniably contributed to the furthering of scientific ...

Far from being a brief stopover, the team says the site was a base camp, inhabited by prehistoric humans on and off for over ...

Elephants are ecosystem engineers. They trample trees, loosen soil with their tusks, and can even create trails and watering ...

A preview of research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session later this month reveals that the health effects of alcohol don’t just depend on how much you ...

Some 23,000 years ago, during the coldest part of the last ice age, people walked across the muddy margins of an ancient lake in what is now White Sands national park, New Mexico. The footprints they ...

Along the way, though, they got a whole new look at previously recorded species as well. Case in point: An ROV cruising about 1,259 meters below the sea surface secured footage of a black swallower ...

One day, our sun will collapse into a superdense object about the size of Earth—a white dwarf. While our sun is an orangish-yellow, the resulting white dwarf will be… white obviously, right? Not ...

Dwarf reedsnakes of the genus Pseudorabdion, found in Southeast Asia, have a rather clever way of fleeing from trouble: They turn cartwheels until they’re safe from danger. See for yourself: Now, ...

Not long ago I diagnosed myself with the recently identified condition of sidewalk rage. It’s most pronounced when it comes to a certain friend who is a slow walker. Last month, as we sashayed our way ...

Every Dune fan knows fear is the mind killer, but it might also be the sleep killer. Fear and sleep share a close bond, according to research, with insomnia increasing the risk of developing fear and ...