In what is now Shandong, eastern China, researchers have discovered one of the oldest matrilineal societies known to science, ...

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in ...

When the quark hypothesis was first proposed more than 10 years ago, there were supposed to be three kinds of quark. The ...

In her groundbreaking trilogy, “Women Scientists in America,” she told the stories of numerous accomplished but largely ...

A remarkable scientific breakthrough has resolved a long-standing debate about the origin of the Silverpit crater, located deep below the North Sea, off the coast of Yorkshire. After years of ...

Rhinoplasty is one of the most common facial plastic surgeries performed today. And it turns out, the ability to reconstruct ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...