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Archival records from sky surveys show it had previously been observed but wasn’t recognised as a near-Earth asteroid.

The study used data on the number of environmental defender deaths collected from the international human rights group Global Witness.

A genetic mutation that slowed down the development of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in two or more children may have triggered a cascade of events leading to acquisition of recursive language and modern imagination 70,000 years ago.

The term “Homo sapiens” is no longer working so well. Neither is the closely related term, “modern humans,” used to describe us and fossils of long-dead people who looked something like us.

Study suggests they both understood the phenomenon and had uses for it.

It’s been estimated that only about 5 percent of the city has so far been revealed.

Scientists continue to find dangerous asteroids in Earth’s vicinity, but to fully capture the threat these nearby space rocks pose, they need tools that aren’t in operation now and may not be for years to come.

Sample from an ancient canid gives a first look at the new field of paleo-transcriptomics.

Researchers use mathematical models to estimate extinction from natural causes.

The move, which would make possession of a small amount of the drug a violation rather than a felony, was signed into law by governor Andrew Cuomo.

Divers swimming through Heracleion have discovered a trove of artifacts, including the remains of a temple, gold jewelry, coins and the missing piece of a ceremonial boat,

A group of cross-party MPs who’ve been on a fact-finding trip to Canada predict the UK will fully legalise cannabis use within five to ten years.

Astronomers in Brazil and the United States separately discovered 2019 OK a couple of days ago, but it’s surprise visit was only announced a couple of hours before it passed by.

The Sioux Nation is fighting back by building the largest solar energy farm in North Dakota.

The team behind the research hope their findings might one day help us create new painkillers that come without the troublesome side effect of potential addiction.

An inscribed ancient Egyptian scarab and five clay tablets with carvings of naked women have been found in Rehob, a 3,500-year-old city in Israel.