Learn how traces of coca, alcohol, and a plant compound preserved in inca mummies offer clues to how children were prepared for sacrifice 500 years ago.

Learn more about Louisiana Creole, how it developed, and the researchers' tapes that are helping preserve this rare language.

Learn how the discovery of mineralized red blood cells and blood-related molecules in fossilized bones offer new insights about the longevity of biological material.

Learn how cellophane bees make a natural plastic for their nests and why it could help scientists design plastics that break down more easily in soil.

Learn why Neanderthals were likely stronger than us, and that they likely weren't brutes.

Discover a desert-dwelling rodent that takes on venomous scorpions, hunts other mice, and lets out a wolf-like howl.

Learn how Haast’s eagle became New Zealand’s giant moa hunter, and why ancient DNA linked the extinct predator to a ...

Learn how to notice the signs of blood clots before they become dangerous and what you can do to prevent them, especially ...

Learn about Teghaza 001, a meteorite from Mars over 4.1 billion years old that contains many minerals that could shed light ...

Learn how researchers study Lake Vostok beneath miles of Antarctic ice, and why genetic traces have sparked debate over what ...

Learn more about the fiber hidden in produce peels and seeds, and how consuming them could lower food waste and give your ...

Learn how muskoxen survive Arctic winters, why they carry so little genetic variety, and what researchers have traced to ...