From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Research on the Anchiornis specimen reveals hidden feather structures that contradict old theories on dinosaur flight. Scientists are now re-evaluating how and when animals first took to the skies.

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...

Saini Samim receives funding from the Melbourne Research Schorship provided by the University of Melbourne. She has also received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Turkana Basin ...

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of many changes that American currency has undergone since 1792, when the ...

IN an era when the boundaries of the earth had not yet been determined, one could change the direction of the world simply by being curious and passionate.

U.S. President Gerald Ford making remarks at a Reciprocal Dinner in the Peking Room of the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China, Dec. 4, 1975. Credit: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library The ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains ...