Scientists debate whether true reverse evolution is possible, but this species of tomatoes on the western Galápagos Islands ...

A new study suggests that the island of Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, didn’t develop in the extreme manner of ...

One of history’s dark jokes is that the Roman Empire, for all its vaunted accomplishments, only made a single great ...

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

A third shape hidden in the infamous Vitruvian Man drawing suggests an even deeper understanding of human anatomy than ...

On 2 July, a science initiative was born in a lecture hall in London. The Metascience Alliance is a coalition of more than 25 ...

The long-lost Wonder of the World was rediscovered underwater in 1968. Finally, some of its blocks have been raised to the ...

Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

In a startling development, archaeologists say these mysterious skeletons are the father and son of this legendary ruler.

An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.

Imaginary time is a wonky concept for our time-bound brains, but in quantum theory and mathematics, it’s a useful tool for ...

Some physicists think our reality is a kind of cosmic hologram, with space, time, and gravity as manifestations of a ...