Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

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A jumble of bones and teeth confirms two species of human ancestor lived side by side over 3.3 million years ago in ...

A lonely rover toiling among the sands of Mars has now answered an age-old question: If lightning crackles on the red planet ...

Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers and lurches through the rapid growth of childhood and the plateau of ...

A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret.

According to the MRI brain scans of 3,802 neurotypical people between infancy and 90 years old, the architecture of the human brain takes a distinct turn at four ages. These are around 9, 32, 66, and ...

Deep within your bone marrow, a specialized set of stem cells is busy pumping out new blood cells to sustain your body.

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Compared with a lion, a tiger's roar is often raspier and higher-pitched. In fact, male and female lions produce what scientists call a "roaring bout". Each begins with a series of soft moans, ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than ...