In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

Humans are spending more time in outer space than ever, and we're bringing our gonads with us. But scientists are concerned ...

Mars's water disappeared somewhere, but scientists have been disagreeing for years about where exactly it went.

In 2025, scientists reported the discovery of long-chain organic molecules called alkanes in the ancient mudstones of Mars.

The last common ancestor of all living things did not just suddenly appear on Earth roughly 4.2 billion years ago.

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain, and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same.

There's no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new study asks whether a ...

In December, NASA took another small, incremental step towards autonomous surface rovers. In a demonstration, the ...

Through a combination of human NSC analysis in the lab and mouse model experiments, the researchers singled out a protein ...

Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar.

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney transplants: being able to transfer ...