The discovery of an enigmatic ape's 18 million year-old fossils in Egypt hints that the ancestors of all living apes, a group ...

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Researchers have captured extraordinary footage of sperm whales randomly headbutting each other, confirming anecdotal reports from mariners and whalers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Two lavish Iron Age hoards unearthed in England may have been burned in honor of a queen's royal ancestor, a new study finds ...

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Using a new method, physicists found a way to 'catapult' electrons across solar materials in quadrillionths of a second.

Intestinal viruses can activate immune cells that regulate carbohydrate metabolism, highlighting an overlooked role of the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an intact bronze cannonball used at the Battle of the Alamo. They made the discovery one day ...