A DNA analysis revealed the mystery behind Christopher Columbus' heritage - however, the reveal raised more questions.

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals ...

The idea that the pre-Columbian Amazon was pristine has taken a nose-dive in recent years. Scientists have found several ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of ...

The Behaim Globe depicted a narrowed Atlantic Ocean, which, if crossed, would lead directly to Cipango (Japan) and Asia. In ...

A White House directive to pause federal grants and loans has raised uncertainty for many universities, states and nonprofit ...

A recent study suggested that more than 15 million U.S. adults — roughly 1 in 17 — have been diagnosed with ADHD. The ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

The forest was inaugurated by youth, who planted the first saplings in a touching ceremony following World War II.

Ohio State, the first team to run the gauntlet of four playoff games on its way to the national title, celebrated with 30,000 ...