Some of the most ancient fossils collected to date were traced back to the Ediacaran period. This is the time interval ...

In the past century, the western United States has faced rising temperatures and a decrease in precipitation. Some researchers are seeking out the ancient history of these patterns in a substance that ...

We live in an era of mass migration. According to the United Nations’ World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants in 2020, equaling 3.6 percent of the global population.

A new study published in PLOS One sheds new light on early human intelligence by revealing that 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell fragments from southern Africa bear intricate geometric markings. These ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The study ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is getting a firsthand look at a region on Mars previously only seen from orbit that features a "boxwork" pattern, along with evidence of ancient waterways, including rivers, ...

The human genome is a complex record of migration, evolution, and ancestry written over thousands of millennia. Now, new genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff’s lab at the University of ...

To decode these patterns is to decipher the very essence of Chinese culture, its aspirations and its perception of harmony between nature and humanity. It is this visual code that the Museum of Wu in ...