Mitochondria have spent decades typecast as the cell’s fuel tanks, but a new review argues that in the brain, they set the conditions that determine what neural circuits can do. The researchers ...

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

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 ...

The Roman-era longhouses were built along a popular trade route from the time in an area where most people lived on isolated farmsteads.

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.

While moss form vital substrates that allow more complex plant and animal life to move into new ecological niches, the plants themselves are often seen as simple lifeforms.

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

If you’re worried about whether your robot vacuum is banned, don’t panic. The change in rules primarily affects future ...

These otherworldly orbs of light in the Chihuahuan Desert have perplexed locals for more than a century, but modern science ...

In a recent study, an international team of scientists solved a decades-long mystery and determined how cones work at the ...

Despite the Cold War’s official end, Dead Hand was never dismantled and remains dormant today, raising unsettling questions ...