Scientists demonstrate that recycled human waste can unlock nutrients in Martian dust, offering a new path for farming on Mars.

Discover the untold stories of Earth's mass extinctions through NBC's new series Surviving Earth, premiering June 4. Get a ...

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For ...

Filmmaker Andrew Stanton talks about In the Blink of an Eye, why it took 14 years to make his second live-action feature, and Toy Story 5.

Giant kelp forests, an icon of the San Diego coastline, are in retreat as a result of climate change– Off the coast, water ...

Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...

These moves, by both institutions and citizens, are part of a relatively recent global reckoning with the dark side of the ...

The woolly mammoth’s extinction remains one of paleontology’s most contested questions. Most mainland populations vanished between 13,000 and 10,000 years ago. A small population persisted on Wrangel ...