Ancient bones discovered in a cave in Vietnam could belong to one of the world's earliest known victims of homicide.

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From the sands of Mongolia's Gobi Desert emerges a new, exquisitely preserved fossil that could revolutionize our understanding of pachycephalosaurs – those iconic dinosaurs sporting a dome of thick ...

Though the trio fits well inside a one-degree circle in the sky, they're actually a good study in astronomical distance. The Moon is only 385,000 kilometers (1.3 light-seconds) away, while Venus is ...

At the end of the last solar cycle in 2019, the official predictions were that the next cycle would be just as mild as its predecessor.

A higher dose of the weight loss drug semaglutide (better known by its brand name Wegovy) may help people lose up to 25% of their body weight – without the risk of severe side effects.

Whenever astronomers detect something new moving through our region of space, like an interstellar object or an unusual asteroid, somebody somewhere claims it could be an alien interstellar space ...