A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit" thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more ...

The buried remains of a small child, discovered nearly a century ago in a cave on Israel’s Mount Carmel, are once again at ...

While an endless summer might sound nice, an extended period of heat will wreak havoc on the environment—humans included.

Concrete is the most widely used construction material, so developing ways to make it more durable can improve infrastructure ...

M aqbool Fida Husain is India’s best-known modern artist, even though he died 14 years ago, aged 95. He recently became its ...

Is your dog constantly tucking treats under your sofa or burying toys in the garden? You might think they're behaving like a ...

I think his ideas and arguments are still worth grappling with as one tries to make sense of this ever stranger world.

AI is transforming scams into hyper-personalised, deepfake-fuelled attacks that are harder to detect and far more convincing, ...

The discovery In May 1925 provided fodder for the argument between creationists and evolutionary biologists, but what does ...

The Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus) is no ordinary fish. Measuring up to 23 feet (seven meters) long and capable ...