“The new data leave only one conclusion,” University of Düsseldorf biologist William Martin, senior author of the study, said in a press statement. “The bacteria and archaeal lineages made the ...

Mary Embree discovered saxitoxin as a poison for a secret CIA “heart attack gun” that could kill undetectably while mimicking natural causes during covert operations. The Church Committee exposed the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In a new study, scholars claim glacial ice played a role in getting the Altar Stone partway to the Salisbury Plain. The team modeled glacial ...

LANSA was a budget airline that was already infamous for two recent and fatal crashes when its ill-fated Flight 508 took off on December 24, 1971. On board was Juliane Koepcke, a German teen who ...

If you just bought a new house with a big yard, or your old riding mower is about ready for replacement, you’re probably faced with the question: Zero-turn or lawn tractor? There are arguments to be ...

The researchers propose that brain mitochondria work in two complementary modes: a long-timescale “baseline” mode that keeps neurons and circuits primed, and an “activity-evoked” mode that delivers ...

THE EMPLOYEES OF the Greenbrier knew how to keep secrets. At the grand old luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, discretion was part of the job. So a sudden meeting in the president’s ...

The Colorado River is approaching thresholds its dams were never meant to cross. What happens next could transform how water and electricity move across the American Southwest.

Human evolution wasn’t a steady march toward bigger brains and better tools, a new study argues. Researchers compared 87 fossil skull fragments against six evolutionary models ranging from random ...

Fixed-blade knives are one of humanity's oldest tools, but they're far from obsolete. While folding pocket knives are more ...

First was the crackdown on hobbyist drones. Now, robot vacuums are finding themselves in the FCC’s crosshairs. In the latest expansion of the agency’s “Covered List,” the Federal Communications ...

We mine more sand every year than any other solid material, and scientists warn that we’re taking more than the planet can replenish.