The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

In October 1604, astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler spotted a new star in the sky and began tracking it. Over the course of several weeks, the star remained visible in the daytime and ...

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In a mouse model of testosterone-driven hair loss, the sugar, called 2-deoxy-D-ribose, stimulated hair regrowth just as ...

From 1835 to 1954, a surge of dam building in North America and Europe nudged the poles toward the equator. During this ...

A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

F or around four decades, the southwestern United States has been experiencing prolonged drought, but it’s never been exactly clear why. Now, researchers at Cornell University have identified the ...

It’s unsurprising a creature of the rainforest likes rain, but this video also proves one of our closest relatives has very individual tastes.

The conodont Wurmiella excavata was said to have had razor-sharp structures that processed prey from left to right, rather ...

Pseudoscorpions are tiny scorpion-like arachnids. They are found in many habitats across Earth, but some never see the light ...