Although a recently discovered species overlapped with the famous Lucy, and appears less evolved in many ways, it also shows ...

Though the exact length of a "stadia" is unknown, his measurement is thought to be accurate to within one percent of the ...

The evidence is not visual, as we might expect when we picture lightning. Instead, it is audio recordings from the SuperCam ...

What was once the leading explanation for dark matter may have simply been underestimating the mass of the particles that ...

That's not to say that cooling has no effect on oils, and they do become more viscous as their temperatures are lowered. They ...

Studying brain scans from nearly 4,000 people across the whole spectrum of human life, from newborns to 90-year-olds, a team ...

Still, there was the odd unofficial reprieve given here and there. In 1963, for example, President John F. Kennedy received a ...

Those who haven’t been so good, however, can expect a visit from Krampus, a terrifying figure who arrives the night before to ...

Your fight or flight response is supposed to be for life or death situations, not answering an email.

Demikhov was a pioneer of heart surgery. But thanks to his other, unusual, "interests", that hardly ever gets brought up.

The rarity of colors is all down to physics and evolution. Colors arise from the reflection of specific wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. Shorter wavelengths, like blue, carry higher energy ...

The largest deposit of monetary gold in the world is officially in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a vast vault located ...