There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

That huge genetic mystery is at the heart of Pop Mech ’s new story, “ Scientists Found 6,000-Year-Old Human Remains. No Other ...

New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. n December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked ...

The Jomon people—who eventually settled in what is now Japan—share little, if any, genetic connection to the Denisovan ...

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Odd radio waves emanating from the ice don’t fit our model of particle behavior. Could they be a sign of dark matter?

The data showed that a dog with a similar weight to a wolf had a brain volume about three-quarters the size of the wolf’s.

By establishing a larger principle for how things shatter, certain energy-intensive tasks could gain an advantage.

Mitochondria can lose power like batteries, but they can potentially be regenerated—a promising development than can be used ...

While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...

Lucy might be one of the most iconic human ancestors, but she had a neighboring species that has gone unidentified—until now.

While dogs and cats are genetically unrelated, breeding for certain features is making some dog and cat breeds look more and ...