Oxygen has been the most important gas in our search for life among the cosmos thus far. On Earth, we have it in abundance ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people ...

A Japanese team, which detected DNA and RNA bases in this asteroid's samples, also shared a disclaimer.

Scientists have found that all five of the substances that make up DNA and RNA in samples from Ryugu, the asteroid Japan’s ...

A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life ...

Biological matter left behind in the water allows us to follow these animals without ever setting eyes on them.

Researchers say elongated alien-like skulls found in ancient graves were shaped in infancy and carried different meanings across cultures.

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

A 38-year-old Allen man received a life sentence this week after his conviction last year for sexually assaulting a Plano woman. Detaron Fenley targeted the victim because prosecutors said her status ...

DNA found under Lesly Palacio’s fingernails matches the man accused of killing her and then dumping her body in the desert, ...

A new DNA analysis suggests that the genetic legacy of the Mongol Empire's founder is likely more complicated than historians ...