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Our understanding of how our species evolved has improved dramatically since we first began analyzing ancient DNA. This year, researchers made impressive discoveries across 3 million…

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists’…

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than from the likes of famous volcanoes…

QUICK FACTSName: Cadena Volcánica de los Coconucos (Coconucos volcanic chain)Location: Puracé National Park, ColombiaCoordinates: 2.2964, -76.4110Why it’s incredible: The volcanic chain comprises at least 14 volcanoes,…

Researchers have photographed a rare cat in Thailand that hasn’t been seen in the country for almost 30 years — and it’s adorable.Flat-headed cats (Prionailurus planiceps),…

QUICK FACTSMilestone: Discovery of radium and poloniumDate: Dec. 26, 1898Where: ParisWho: Marie and Pierre Curie, Gustave BémontOn this day, chemists discovered a substance 900 times more…

One of the closest living relatives of the dodo has been spotted multiple times in Samoa — raising hopes that this critically endangered creature can be…

Nicoletta Lanese is the health channel editor at Live Science and was previously a news editor and staff writer at the site. She holds a graduate…

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archeology at Simon Fraser University in the spring of 2024.This email…

Milestone: James Webb Space Telescope launchesDate: Dec. 25, 2021Where: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French GuianaWho: NASA, European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency scientistsOn a cloudy…