The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...

Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth's systems is a core ...

Earth’s magnetic shield is shifting in dramatic ways. New data from ESA’s Swarm satellites show that the South Atlantic Anomaly — a vast weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field — has grown by nearly half ...

The squeaky sneaker insights could help scientists better understand friction, potentially saving energy — or helping them ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

Scientists in Brazil have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown impact event recorded in hundreds of glassy fragments scattered across the country.

A "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica is offering scientists a rare glimpse into Earth's deep interior, a dynamic record of slow-moving processes that have been reshaping our planet for tens of millions ...

Standing before a masterpiece in a hushed museum gallery, most visitors admire the brushwork, the colors, the composition.

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as ...

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