Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien ...

More than 60,000 years ago, the first humans reached Australia, navigating dangerous waters and unfamiliar landscapes. Their ...

The death of Ayatollah Khamenei should have been a moment of moral clarity. After four decades of theocratic rule, a regime that funded Hamas and Hezbollah, called for death to America and Israel, ...

Published in 1889, The Gospel of Wealth is considered the founding document of modern philanthropy. Written at the height of wealth inequality during the Gilded A ...

Not only was Star Trek: The Next Generation an iconic series for television, it also featured sci-fi quotes that have stood the test of time.

If you’ve ever wondered what the apocalypse might look like with a Southern accent, Henry River Mill Village near Hickory has some answers for you. This abandoned textile mill village looks so ...

A bowl of cereal looks simple, but it’s the end of a long chain of choices that changed human life more than almost any invention. Farming didn’t ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is even greater than we thought ...

For the first time, researchers have digitally reconstructed the facial fragments of the individual, who belonged to the Australopithecus genus ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Tiny fossil teeth from Colorado are revealing new clues about the very first relatives of primates, including humans.