The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Sofia Alaoui tells us about her enigmatic first feature, in which a pregnant woman’s journey across Morocco becomes a meditation on class, belonging and the mysteries of existence, as strange cosmic ...

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A bear cruising past your yard once is kind of thrilling. A bear repeatedly visiting to tear apart garbage cans or worse is ...

As the scuzzy VHS tape played, Diane Feese grew increasingly nauseous. She was a 15-year-old student at a Californian high ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

After hearing a court had found her neighbours guilty, Lorraine said she "cried that at last somebody believed us" but felt ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong ...

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

Inside malaria parasites, tiny iron crystals spin like rockets, revealing a hidden weakness scientists may be able to exploit. Inside every cell of the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum ...