NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday.

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...

Within our gut lies a bustling microbiome ecosystem, home to trillions of microorganisms that outnumber our human cells.

The urn belonged to a Roman man named Senicio, whose name was inscribed on the vessel. Along with his cremated bones, ...

More than three million people in the UK have osteoporosis, a brittle bone condition frequently viewed as a silent epidemic.

Although DNA could not be extracted directly from the Penghu 1 fossil due to material degradation, scientists applied mass ...

Our immune systems weaken as we get older, making fewer cells that fight infection and help us recover from illness and ...

After a two-year closure prompted by safety concerns and conservation efforts, the Sterkfontein Caves—one of South Africa’s ...

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