By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" ...

Paleolithic tools found at the Namorotukunan site in Kenya suggest that early Homo species kept their technology going even ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

Scientists mapped the Bas63 bacteriophage in unprecedented detail, uncovering how its tail machinery infects bacteria. The ...

Scientists have discovered microscopic magnetic fossils, potentially revealing how ancient marine life navigated vast oceans using Earth's magnetic field.

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

Ancient supercontinent Nuna's breakup around 1.5 billion years ago set off a chain of events that made Earth more habitable, ...

Archaeologists have discovered a ram-shaped tea pot and one of the oldest old wine presses in the world that date to the time ...

On a hilltop in east-central Poland, archaeologists have found an unusual Iron Age tool: an iron scalpel, likely once ...