A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University. The largest of known Homo skulls,...
The Milky Way is a big place. There are an estimated 200 billion stars, most of them with one or more planets. As a result, in...
China aims to send its first crewed mission to Mars in 2033, with regular follow-up flights to follow, under a long-term plan to build a permanently...
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified a new type of early human at the Nesher Ramla site, dated to...
Using neural networks, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method to search the human genome for beneficial mutations from Neanderthals and other...
A study led by Fernando Colchero, University of Southern Denmark and Susan Alberts, Duke University, North Carolina, that included researchers from 42 institutions across 14 countries,...
Humpback whales are making a significant comeback in the waters around Vancouver Island and northern Washington state, according to researchers at the Pacific Whale Watch Association....
The T-Rex was the apex predator millions of years ago but their teeth suggest that, while still deadly, they many not have been as menacing at...
Case Western Reserve University researchers studying prions — misfolded proteins that cause lethal incurable diseases — have identified for the first time surface features of human...
It could be a milestone on the path to detecting life on other planets: Scientists under the leadership of the University of Bern and of the...