New research suggests that consciousness originates in the subcortex, and is polished by the cortex and cerebellum.

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

A revolutionary RNA mapping method could let us learn from history’s greatest thinkers—starting with Einstein himself.

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A stellarator is still a donut shape, but extended and twisted, with different pros and cons.

If you’ve ever picked up a shark’s tooth on the beach or seen a prehistoric creature’s skull on display at a natural history ...

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The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...

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Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains.

New research suggests that Homo floresiensis’ short stature is probably the result of a type of dwarfism that occurs in isolated environments.

Homo sapiens were thought to have appeared about 600,000 years ago, but two closely related million-year-old skulls suggest that our species might be even more ancient.