If you thought recycling was just a modern phenomenon championed by environmentalists and concerned urbanites - think again.
The explosive collisions of icy comets with planets and moons generated the vital building blocks of life, spreading these necessary ingredients throughout the solar system, researchers say.
Gears are ubiquitous in the man-made world, found in items ranging from wristwatches to car engines, but it seems that nature invented them first.
Researchers have found signs of life in mud pulled from the bottom of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica.
Some non-avian dinosaurs, including carnivorous tyrannosaurs, may have had brains that were hardwired for flight long before even the earliest known birds started flapping their wings.
Sharks and whales and manatees—oh my! For a kid fascinated by marine life, there’s nothing more exciting than interacting with a finned friend in its natural habitat. Got a water baby in your...
European colonization of the Americas brought smallpox, starvation and warfare that decimated indigenous populations -- and dogs.
Homo sapiens have slowly evolved over thousands of millennia, but what happens when modern technology comes into play?
New fossil evidence of the earliest complete skeleton of an ancient primate suggests it was a hyperactive, wide-eyed creature so small you could hold a couple of them in your hand — if only...
Scientists want to officially link precious gems to their geologic setting, with a new suite of tectonic gemstones that will help identify the special conditions that create rare gems.
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