Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

New research suggests Mars may have remained habitable much longer than scientists once thought. Ancient sand dunes in Gale Crater appear to have been soaked by underground water billions of years ago ...

In innovative study that precedes Cornell students' push to sever ties with Israeli institution, researchers use traditional ceramic know-how for off-grid chill through evaporation The post Cornell ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

We have always heard the possibility of life on Mars but could not find the right clue. To clarify the fact, scientists have ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

A solar eclipse recorded in ancient China more than 2,700 years ago is helping scientists refine measurements of Earth’s rotation and investigate the Sun’s past behavior.

Known as the Pythia or the Oracle of Delphi, the priestess wasn’t believed to be a psychic. Ancient writers like Plutarch, ...

New research has showed that meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet has intensified stratification in the Southern Ocean, ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the ...

New geological evidence suggests that the slow wobble of Earth’s axis may have triggered rapid climate swings during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse world.

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...