Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

"Has severely impacted our region." Incredible ancient ruins resurface in Middle East, but experts are worried about why they ...

Ancient Greek life consisted of celebrity scandals, lowbrow humor, and public graffiti, similar to today's world.

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...