Scots Pines once dominated the landscape of Scotland, part of the vast Caledonian Forest which began to spread some 10,000 ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Known as a carnyx, the instrument is only the third of its kind to be found in Britain. It was discovered in the territory of ...

During excavations of the ruins, archaeologists uncovered a new language written on a tablet detailing a foreign ritual.

The majority of the temple dates to the 7th century BC, but archaeologists discovered portions of the site that are even ...

Best-selling Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who built a lucrative career on his argument, rubbished by scientists and ...

In the recent study on pain, researchers investigated three variations in the SCN9A gene, and reported greater pain ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

The discovery of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b reveals how unusual other worlds can be. This exoplanet takes just 7.8 hours to ...

Intel executives told PCWorld.com that they're preparing for war with AMD in the handheld PC gaming market with an upcoming ...