Dark matter is the mysterious substance that makes up roughly a quarter of the Universe. There is strong indirect evidence for its existence from mea…
For at least five years, a pair of serial killer whales in South Africa has been slaughtering great white sharks and eating their livers. (No fava …
It’s a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate. Republicans, who regained control of the House of Representatives in November 202…
Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs appro…
Paranthropus boisei. Image credit: © Roman Yevseyev. Oldowan tools, consisting of stones with one to a few flakes removed, are the oldest widespread …
Astronomers have discovered an entirely new ring system within the solar system, and it's located at such a great distance from its dwarf plane…
Illustration of an autophagosome (light blue double-membrane to the right) engulfing cellular material. David S. Goodsell and Daniel Klionsky/RCSB PD…
Scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of the largest ever known penguin on Earth, a 340-pound (154 kilograms) behemoth that glided through…
Nabais et al. present a detailed study of the crab component of the Neanderthal diet as revealed by the evidence from the Portuguese cave site of Gru…
Chariot racing was very big business in ancient Rome. There was a whole industry built around the factions, the four professional stables known by …