Congressional supporters of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission have buckled to pressure from the Trump administration to kill the centerpiece of NASA’s exploration plans
Scientists may have recovered DNA belonging to Leonardo da Vinci from a drawing and other objects he touched while alive. If they’re correct, this development
Herpesviruses and humans are old companions. To help uncover our relationship with this ubiquitous gang of viruses, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of herpesviruses from
A study from the University of Michigan has identified the countries with the highest levels of narcissism. As well as ranking the world in terms
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers in South Africa applied deadly poisons to their stone arrows 60,000 years ago. Amazingly, the toxin they used is still employed by some
New Year’s celebrations are a little bit different in Antarctica. Under the relentless summer daylight and searing cold, the ragtag crew of souls who have
A series of 773,000-year-old human remains in Morocco may represent a population of hominins that lived just as our own species split off from our
Contrary to previous suspicions, Europe probably had many species of ceratopsian dinosaurs, a clade of large herbivores whose most famous member is Triceratops. Ceratopsian fossils
It’s a question asked – often loudly, at 2 am – by everyone who’s ever had to share a bed with a snorer: how the
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) and The Tony & Lisette Lewis Foundation have captured images of a northern quoll at Piccaninny Plains Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern
