New evidence from Wonderwerk Cave suggests early humans were handling fire far earlier than once believed, deep inside a ...

New seismic scans and microscopic crystals reveal the hidden force behind Silverpit Crater, and the towering tsunami it ...

A giant crocodile once ruled Lucy’s world, lurking in ancient Ethiopian waters with jaws powerful enough to turn early human ...

Fossils smaller than a fingertip are reshaping what scientists thought they knew about how primate relatives spread after the asteroid impact.

A slow, eastward-moving current of hot rock deep within Earth may be the primary force feeding Yellowstone’s volcanic system, according to a study published in Science on April 9, 2026. Researchers at ...

Japan's researchers built a self-regulating artificial photosynthesis device that turns water and CO2 into liquid fuel as sunlight shifts throughout the day.

A global review finds that water-in-diesel emulsion can slash NOx and soot at the same time, offering a cheaper path to cleaner diesel engines.

Benjamin Santer, an Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia (UEA), was one of the first researchers to detect a distinct human “fingerprint” in Earth’s climate system, work that helped ...

Octopuses, bees, and dogs all process information differently. Even within the narrow confines of one planet, evolution produced a wide range of nervous systems rather than a single design. A new ...

On April 20, 2023, fishermen working off Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast pulled up something they were not expecting: a juvenile great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), about 210 cm long and ...

Scientists warn that space missions may be overlooking real evidence of life, raising the stakes for Mars, icy moons, and future alien-world exploration. The study was led by Inge Loes ten Kate, ...

A packed clump of office staples can resist being pulled apart. Not because the metal pieces are glued, fused, or chemically bonded, but because their hooked ends catch and hold. It is still a pile of ...