Louis Wigfall would represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, but his short fuse and alcoholism eventually wrecked his life and ...

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

Life of a Dead Emperor - To understand daily life in the Inca Empire, we travel from Cusco to Quito (located in modern-day Ecuador), where Thupa Inca wanted to establish a second capital city. From ...

Ancient species may have evolved at a slower pace and endured longer, but evolutionary rates sped up significantly following ...

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter served their country during tumultuous times. For a century, they offered themselves to the country ...

Virginia Tech study unveils 2 billion years of evolution, highlighting the 'boring billion,' Snowball Earth, and ancient ...

A new study is challenging long-held beliefs about the origins of life and the building blocks that led to the first genes.

On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist Nov. 13, 2024 — Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells ...

More than a decade after the last major exhibit opened at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque ...

👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Artificial intelligence is coming for your job. About 40% of employers worldwide intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, according to a new survey.

Prominent Athens natives remember the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter, who recently passed away.

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...