Category: Science

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny

Archaeologists in Britain say they’ve found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery moves our understanding of when humans

A new study suggests humans were deliberately starting and using fires more than 400,000 years ago.

The Arab region just had its hottest year on record, a new climate report reveals.

Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely appeared, dark matter results couldn’t be confirmed.

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A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural motifs enhance strength, flexibility and other key functions.

A newfound mosaic draws inspiration from “Phrygians,” a play by the Athenian playwright Aeschylus that survives only in bits and pieces.

A strange X-ray signal spotted decades ago may be the result of a star that got attacked by two black holes, one after the other.

A Michigan man died of rabies despite having no recent exposure to a potentially infected animal.

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become reservoirs for the virus.

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ancient site in England.

Death cap mushrooms look harmless, but are responsible for the majority of the world’s mushroom-related deaths. California officials say 21 people have been sickened in