Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers himself a "non-traditional historian." ...

Last month, Donald Trump issued his first direct order to Elon Musk as president: go fetch the astronauts who flew to the ...

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have been on the International Space Station since June, ...

A “ghost particle” discovered by a detector in the Mediterranean carried 30 times more energy than any neutrino observed to ...

Yes, it’s an opening sentence straight out of freshman composition and I’m not proud of it, but looking back on 20 years of Miss Conduct advice columns, this is the thought that persists, cliché or ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...