Lucy lived in a wide range of habitats from northern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. Researchers now believe she wasn't the only ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins ... displayed next to Grace Latimer, 4, to illustrate Lucy's small stature ...

Jupiter Scientific has outlined roughly how many atoms the human body shares with the late bard and Hamlet playwright William Shakespeare.

In a series of announcements late Nov. 22, President-elect Donald Trump shared his nominations for three of the nation's top health positions: CDC director, FDA commissioner and surgeon general. Here ...

Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down 'The Science ... This year's spike, which started in the spring, is a little different: There's been a significant increase in kids aged 2 to 4 and it is now the ...

and also the public’s understanding of science, has not changed in its scope and significance but it has evolved over the last 50 years,” Dr. Emma Finestone, associate curator and the Robert J. and ...

From the present, human perspective, it’s not hard to understand the value of fingernails: We might use our upper nails to ...

Since we last spoke, researchers at the University of Birmingham have defined the precise shape of a single photon (spoiler: ...

On the anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, paleoanthropologists reflect on what she means to science, and what she taught us ...

"I've always liked to think of myself as a brain floating through space...[but] our physical condition constrains and expands ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...