F or the first time, researchers have found evidence that people were using red ochre in West Africa during the Middle Stone ...

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

The preservation organization’s list, the World Monuments Watch, usually sticks to cultural heritage sites within Earth’s ...

Originally, the species was found only on Lord Howe Island between Australia and New Zealand in the Tasman Sea. In 1918, the ...

The World Economic Forum – the international think tank behind the annual meeting in Davos and countless other projects – has been putting out its Global Risks Report for two decades now. Its aim is..

Scientists are pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved with brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) by using brain stimulation to evoke a sense of touch in users of a bionic arm. The device, which ...

Over the last several years, researchers have shown that it is possible to design clocks 1,000 times more precise than the ...

The capacity might explain how Homo erectus conquered Eurasia, but deepens the mystery about what took our own species so ...

Since straws rely on atmospheric pressure, they work less well at high altitudes. There is less pressure pushing down on your drink, and so less force pushing the drink up into your mouth.

The galaxies are located in the constellation of Sculptor and have been given the names Sculptor A, B, and C. All their stars are old, indicating that they stopped making new ones a very long time ago ...

Published in the Journal of Astrobiology, the paper does not argue that there was a technologically advanced species long ...

A bear-sized bluefin tuna has been sold at a Tokyo market for ¥207 million ($1.3 million), boasting enough fishy flesh to ...