Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by ...

Some people believe we know everything about such thing as our body, since we study biology at school, read books, and watch ...

The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its evolutionary origin has remained a mystery. According to a new study published in Nature from the USC Stem Cell lab of Gage Crump, this intricate coil of ...

In the suburban landscape of Alsip, Illinois, there exists a retail wonderland that defies categorization, laughs in the face of big-box uniformity, and makes bargain hunters weak in the knees.

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...

Medney (" Beyond Kuiper ") and co-author Don Macnab-Stark have crafted an intelligent examination of the human condition in the 23rd century as it surges into an existential era of decision, and we’ve ...

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...

Hilary Duff is back — and older and wiser. The multi-hyphenate has shared her highly-anticipated single “Mature.” On the song, Duff takes a pop-rock jaunt through the past as she sings to a younger ...