This sci-fi flick (which is currently streaming on Hulu) has equal amounts of defenders and detractors alike, but Roger Ebert ...

Unusual preservative in specimen jars proved to be a sweet solution for studying changes in genetic diversity among fish ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

Once depicted as barbaric, grunting, sub-humans, Neanderthals are now known to have had the same or similar levels of intelligence as modern humans. They also had their own distinct culture. Here we ...

Columbus wasn't the first European to reach the Western Hemisphere; the Vikings had landed in Newfoundland about 500 years ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

What comes to mind when you think of the Sahara Desert? Today, the Sahara is a harsh environment where survival can be ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.

The DNA belonged to an extinct horse genus and is the oldest genome ever collected from an open-air site. Here’s what you’ll ...

An author and scientist says that upcoming moon missions will uncover a shocking forgotten city that was covered up during ...