Category: 7. Science

Late October presents a perfect opportunity to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy as it climbs high overhead to brighten the autumn night sky.

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way‘s closest galactic neighbor, sits approximately…

For a long time, Paranthropus boisei, a hominid that inhabited the Earth from 2.6 million years ago to 1.3 million years ago, had been considered by experts to be a relative of humans. Its robust jaw, large molars, and powerful chewing muscles…

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have uncovered what may be the first physical remnants of “proto-Earth,” the original version of our planet that existed before a massive collision reshaped it into the world we…

Lead is often thought of as a modern toxin, but a new study has found that it’s been haunting us and our ancestors for almost 2 million years. Stranger still, exposure could actually have given humans an edge over our closest relatives.

An…