Baby brain” isn’t the deficit it’s stereotyped to be, research suggests. Neural adaptations during pregnancy can prime ...

In 1536, Thomas Cromwell spotted an opportunity to enrich his master, Henry VIII, and further increase his own standing: the ...

New research has identified four members of the doomed 1845 search for the Northwest Passage, including the owner of a ...

Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...

Researchers around the planet grew up watching documentaries hosted by the English broadcaster and naturalist, which sparked ...

While the success of Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett’s polar flight has been disputed, the former went on to accomplish ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

Volcanic eruptions, climate change, crop failures, famine and plague all may have swept through Norway in the sixth century C ...

Worlds this small and distant are thought to be too cold and have too little surface gravity to hold onto gases. But the findings suggest that icy, rocky objects in the solar system's outer reaches ar ...

Three people have died in association with the vessel, and health officials have identified a total of two confirmed cases ...

The humpback whale first entered shallow water at the end of March, but its health deteriorated over the past few weeks.

The humanoid promised to obey humans, save energy and treat other robots peacefully. South Korean Buddhist leaders have ...