Category: 7. Science

Humans have always wondered where they came from. Fossils hold clues, and scientists search for them carefully. Each discovery reshapes what we know about evolution.

A new study from Washington University in St. Louis has revived a century-old…

With a target of heading back to the moon by mid-2027, NASA is betting big on its multibillion-dollar public-private partnership with SpaceX, the Texas-based rocketmaker helmed by technology billionaire Elon Musk. 

However, technical…

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from five fossil specimens found in the Late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, the United States.

Earth has a long, 4.5 billion history full of momentous twists and turns. Multiple prominent events played leading roles in Earth’s story. One of them is the catastrophic impact with another planetesimal early in Earth’s history that not…

For decades, Mars has tempted scientists with its icy surface and quiet promise of life.

Now, a new study suggests that fragments of ancient microbes might still rest frozen in Martian ice, preserved far longer than anyone imagined, and surviving…

Several hominids — Australopithecus africanus, Paranthropus robustus, early Homo sp., Gigantopithecus blacki, Pongo sp., Papio sp., Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens — were consistently exposed to lead over 2 million years,…

The search for a complete understanding of how gravity emerges from quantum systems presents significant challenges, particularly at extremely low temperatures, where conventional theoretical approaches often break down. Jun Nian, Leopoldo A….

Here’s what’s launching from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26: A new secure communications satellite for Spain and four other missions from the U.S. and China.