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Some 150 million years ago, Europe was tropical — and mostly underwater. The entire continent was closer to the equator than it is today, and what…

January 7, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHumans Made Poisoned Arrowheads Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously ThoughtThe use of poison on arrows marked…

A cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering a fresh glimpse into the complexity of ancient hunter-gatherer communities.Researchers say the…

In 2003, long before the term “grooming gang” entered the lexicon, social workers in Oldham noticed a disturbing pattern: girls from local children’s homes were repeatedly…

Humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known, according to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in…

Ageing can feel remarkably sudden. One morning you awake to find new aches, or lapses in strength and memory that you could swear were not present…

new video loaded: A San Diego Zoo Galápagos Tortoise, Thought to Be 141, Is DeadGramma, a Galápagos Tortoise described by her care specialists as “the queen…

Electroconvulsive therapy could be causing a wider range of adverse effects when used to treat depression than previously understood, according to a paper that calls for…

In the 1910s, a relatively unknown cancer researcher named Maud Slye announced the first results of a study with the loftiest ambitions: to identify what causes…

When I was 15, I grew nine inches in nine months. My bones ached at night. I grew out of my clothes at a rapid clip,…