Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...

Humor has a way of transcending time. While historical figures are often remembered for their serious achievements, many of ...

Mundus, an eccentric charter boat shark hunter since the 1950s, led a fishing trip that landed an estimated 4,550-pound great white off Long Island in 1964. Benchley read the news reports, and the big ...

A Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic inspired David Bowie to create one of his greatest hits, showing how film shaped the sound ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

In 1916, a Polish scientist discovered how to create a mono-crystal, which later became the basis for integrated circuits and semiconductors.

It’s the largest living structure on Earth, 3,000 individual reefs, 900 islands, 1,430 miles, and it may be collapsing. Alas, ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a nighttime hike in search of spiders, with Lisa Gonzalez of the Natural History Museum of Los ...

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030 its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it ...

From the dystopian teen series The 100 to the iconic masterpiece The Twilight Zone, we highlight the best sci-fi shows streaming on Prime Video.

It is said that when a scientist enters the threshold of a science lab with his casual clothes he also puts off all his beliefs and faith at the door and puts on a scientific temperament with his lab ...