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Our human ancestors arose in Africa due to many factors, including climate....

From chocolate to toothpaste, many surprising household products and everyday items are made from petroleum....

Aardwolves — the "weird cousin" of the hyena world that has peg teeth and only eats insects — are an evolution...

Auroras (also called the northern and southern lights) are visible from the ground after powerful solar storms...

Parasitic worms infected a family who'd shared a meal that included undercooked bear meat kabobs....

This is the first time an animal other than humans has been seen performing the feat of vocal numeracy....

New "assembloids" grown from stem cells offer a tiny, working model of the blood-brain barrier....

Scientists have calculated the speed of a spinning supermassive black hole by studying the 'spaghettified' rem...

Archaeologists think the people in the tombs, dated to the Han dynasty, were all from the same wealthy family....

The new source of lithium, which could meet up to 40% of U.S. demand, was discovered in fracking wastewater....

The Euclid space telescope has released five mesmerizing new photos of our universe, kicking off a six-year ca...

Telescope deal under $200: Use your smartphone to scan the stars with this Celestron StarSense Explorer telesc...

Metal detectorists have unearthed a cache of gold and silver coins hidden in a mountain range in Poland that o...

A dairy worker in Michigan contracted an eye infection on a dairy farm where H5N1 had been identified in cows....

Researchers recruited volunteers from the Hellenic Armed Forces to test the strength of replicas of 3,500-year...

A new analysis of two skeletons suggests that three modern human viruses infected Neanderthals around 50,000 y...

Did this wallet-friendly air purifier tower fan manage to impress us with its performance?...

Scientists discovered that removing specific molecules from developing mice can completely reverse their sex f...

Archaeologists and amateurs armed with metal detectors have discovered previous hoards from centuries past....

Fires burning across Canada are already triggering U.S. air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains....

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to improve the world for many — but others may lose out....

The massive statues likely depict rulers from the ancient Olmec civilization....

Scientists have used a new technique to synthesize diamonds at normal, atmospheric pressure and without a star...

This already affordable, powerful Newtonian reflector is now almost $230 off in this great telescope deal....

Scientists have taken a big step toward making an effective HIV vaccine....