Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...

Humanity's origins have long captivated scientists and historians alike, sparking debates and research into where and why ...

In a ground-breaking discovery nestled in the mountains of the Caucasus, archaeologists have unearthed a partial jawbone of Homo erectus in Georgia, which ...

The continents haven’t always sat where they are today, and that movement entirely changed life on our planet. Over millions […] ...

WJBC and The Pantagraph rode the radio quiz show wave of the late 1940s with "Quizdown," drawing teams from Central Illinois grade schools.

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

What are foursomes, who is playing, and why on earth is that rather inebriated spectator cosplaying as George Washington? The ...

Two Home Countries" at the Japan Society is the artist's first New York museum solo show, with a red thread installation.

“Sea Monsters Unearthed” was created by the National Museum of Natural History and organized for travel by the Smithsonian ...