New evidence from Wonderwerk Cave suggests early humans were handling fire far earlier than once believed, deep inside a ...

A dying star may not become a black hole after all. New math hints at a hidden cosmic birth inside collapse, and the ending ...

New seismic scans and microscopic crystals reveal the hidden force behind Silverpit Crater, and the towering tsunami it ...

A giant crocodile once ruled Lucy’s world, lurking in ancient Ethiopian waters with jaws powerful enough to turn early human ...

Fossils smaller than a fingertip are reshaping what scientists thought they knew about how primate relatives spread after the asteroid impact.

Japan's researchers built a self-regulating artificial photosynthesis device that turns water and CO2 into liquid fuel as sunlight shifts throughout the day.

A slow, eastward-moving current of hot rock deep within Earth may be the primary force feeding Yellowstone’s volcanic system, according to a study published in Science on April 9, 2026. Researchers at ...

A global review finds that water-in-diesel emulsion can slash NOx and soot at the same time, offering a cheaper path to cleaner diesel engines.

On April 20, 2023, fishermen working off Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast pulled up something they were not expecting: a juvenile great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), about 210 cm long and ...

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

Scientists warn that space missions may be overlooking real evidence of life, raising the stakes for Mars, icy moons, and future alien-world exploration. The study was led by Inge Loes ten Kate, ...