An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ...

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...

History doesn’t have to be a dusty museum or a long list of dates, it can be a thrilling adventure that families actually ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened between 30,000 and 39,000 years ago. Gunditjmara people hold a story about an ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...

While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...

New research reveals how powerful coronal mass ejections may have been essential to the rise of life on planet Earth.

From looping hallways to echoing stairwells, eerie architecture taps into ancient survival instincts—and exposes how our ...