With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist ...

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Christmas reveals God's cosmic plan through Christ's incarnation, as Paul describes -- the pivotal moment when creation's ...

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...

Nekron #1 reveals the twisted origin of a fantasy villain born from grief, rage, and dark magic this Christmas Eve.

Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear.

Jared Isaacman will lead NASA as it sends astronauts around the moon and hopes to launch a space telescope to study dark ...

In a year that shook up national and local politics, contributing columnist Darren Nichols helped us keep our heads straight.

A 15,600-year-old human footprint discovered in southern Chile is now believed to be the earliest confirmed sign of human ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

Researchers at a dig site in Spain discovered tools from some of the first farmers, possibly dating back 7,000 years. The artifacts uncovered during the excavation are from the Neolithic period, one ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...