Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

Researchers in The Netherlands previously settled upon a maximum age for people who had lived "perfect lives" - and the ...

Why is human culture -- the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -- so much more powerful than animal cultures?

The findings were published in PLOS ONE, a science journal, highlighting and emphasizing how important this discovery is for ...

The quest for immortality has been a timeless human obsession. Humans have explored every possible ... It can then grow into ...

Online e-cigarette retailers are not consistently adhering to laws aimed at preventing the sale of vaping products to minors, ...

Suddenly the geologically brief moment of human dominance on Earth is over ... Through the threat of the atomic age, pandemics, and climate change, we have a clearer sense than ever before ...

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials.

A long-standing goal of neuroscience is to understand how molecules and cellular structures on a microscale give rise to communication between brain regions at the macroscale. A study now identifies, ...

In the currency of family happiness, a simple “thank you” might be worth more than we think. Researchers from the University ...

Keeping a small circle of friends helps you avoid drama, and if you’re a monkey, a new study explains why it keeps you from ...