Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets ...

A new study provides a clearer timeline for one of the most significant prehistoric sites worldwide for the study of human ...

Scientists think they’ve found a way to investigate the creation of cell membranes and DNA genomes that gave rise to the last universal common ancestor.

More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

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A woman has come forward with startling claims of a late‑night alien encounter. Brisbane-based researcher Sheryl Gottschall ...

When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

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Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is bolstering its military presence in the Middle East amid tensions with Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate.