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 ...

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He spent 27 years on death row. Now a judge says the science used to convict him couldn’t be trusted - Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after prosecutors accu ...

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

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

As part of NPR's 250th anniversary series America in Pursuit, we're taking a look back at one of America's most significant inventions: the telephone.

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A video clip of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Haley Stevens speaking at a meet-and-greet in Ecorse garnered millions of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's mid-infrared instrument shows the Centaurus A galaxy's weird glowing shapes at its core. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / A. Pagan / J. DePasquale / M. Garcia Marin ...