More than 400 years ago, two people living in modern day Chile died while infected with the smallpox virus. Viral DNA found in their mummified remains has now yielded genetic evidence of when the ...

David Haskell brings readers through millions of years of botanical history for his latest book, How Flowers Made Our World ...

Until the Panamanian isthmus formed about 2.8 million years ago, North and South America were isolated continents with unique ...

The Ark Season 3 arrived on Syfy on July 29 with a premiere that buries an alien artifact storyline grounded in real ...

Reynolds stood before a group of 30 neighbors at the Pflugerville Library on a recent July day and explained how she came to be running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.  “I was living ...

Lauren Allen, Associate of Science in Radiologic Science; Maddi Ashe, Bachelor of Arts in Art; Cherie Bright, Certificate in Practical Nursing; Whitney Byassee, Associate of Science in Nursing; Tammy ...

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how ...

Ever since that first daguerreotype on a light-sensitive metal plate, eclipse observations have continued to unveil the ...

A detailed look at The Ark Season 2 following Ark One’s crew through survival struggles, shifting alliances, character growth ...

A new analysis has precisely dated paintings in France’s Font-de-Gaume cave for the first time. Scientists discovered ...

The first serious biography of Albert Sabin recounts the pivotal role he played in the development of a polio vaccine.

In late 1572, long before the invention of the telescope, sky-watchers looking up at the night sky saw something impossible: ...