In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

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Smith’s interception was one of six turnovers the Vikings forced in a 23-10 victory over Detroit that came almost solely ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

ASTANA, December 25. /TASS/. The AZAL aircraft that crashed near Aktau was likely damaged by warhead fragments; however, their origin remains unidentified. The Kazakh Ministry of Transport reported ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

Christmas diplomacy endures because it stands at the crossroads of culture, power and politics. The season brings with it a ...

The list includes the Berkeley Pit in Butte, the Anaconda smelter site, Sibanye-Stillwater’s platinum and palladium mine, the ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

The freshman phenom posted 33 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in BYU’s 109-81 win, notching the first triple-double of his career and the program’s first since March of 2016, when Mr. Triple-Double ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.