Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

Blue Origin launched its 13th human mission to the edge of space on Sunday, sending six civilian astronauts past the Karman ...

An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has found no ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the fundamentalists “refuse to be buried.” A century later, the funeral for ...

The origin of red beans — also called adzuki — has been murky. A new study says Japan is where it all started.

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

The Celtic Origins of Trick-or-Treating The spine-tingling roots of a mischievous Halloween tradition. Brandon Tensley. September/October 2024. Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter!

Miracle year . Globally, 1971 was something of a banner year for research into the origin of life. In addition to Gánti’s underdog work, science put forward two other important theoretical models.

Blue Origin's New Shepard successfully launched six people on a short trip into space and returned them back to Earth on ...