Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

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A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.

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The Artemis 2 astronauts are now on their way to the Moon. At 7:57 p.m. ET, the Orion spacecraft completed a translunar injection burn, making it the first crewed spacecraft to depart low-Earth orbit ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the planet. Fox News cuts to breaking news as Donald Trump loses it over ...

On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu (Shark Bay). To the untrained eye they look like a collection of rocks and ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years is underway with an April 1 launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon. The Space Launch System ...

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

This November 2023 photo provided by Gaorong Li shows a Haootia-like fossil at Yunnan University in Kunming, China. (Gaorong Li via AP) (Gaorong Li, Gaorong Li) WASHINGTON – Newly discovered fossils ...