Scientists studying cuneiform tablets from Assyrian and Babylonian astrologers have found the oldest known mentions of auroras

An archaeological excavation in Jerusalem begun 125 years ago has wrapped up with the discovery of an elaborate, Roman-era street connecting two religious destinations that was likely built by Pontius Pilate

A group of scientists claim they've identified the ancestral homeland of modern humans in Africa

From 440 to 25,000: One Humpback Whale Population’s Amazing Recovery - In the late 1950s, only 440 humpback whales — or 1.6 percent of their onetime number — were swimming around the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

Saharan silver ants can travel at 108 body lengths a second, according to new research

Scientists have announced a new gene-editing tool called "prime editing" that avoids some of the pitfalls of CRISPR's genetic "scissors" approach

It's not just mothers: Men who drink in the months before conception might increase their baby's risk of congenital heart disease.

In Russia’s Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Spacecraft (2018)

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (1999)

Fungus-farming ants may hold secret to fighting drug-resistant microbes