Learn more about human skull shape and how it has changed over millions of years. 

Learn how a combination of archaeology and anthropology helped reveal hidden insights into the diet and culture of prehistoric Europeans.

Learn how dogs, cats, and toddlers were tested for spontaneous helping behavior — and why evolution may explain why most dogs tried to help while cats rarely did.

Learn how brown recluse spiders in Florida are localized, reluctant to bite, and far less likely to cause severe necrotic wounds than commonly believed.

Learn about the latest image of comet 3I/ATLAS, captured by a European Space Agency spacecraft that's on its way to Jupiter. 

Learn more about Zelia Nuttall, a self-taught scholar who helped uncover many Mesoamerican artifacts. 

Forever chemicals are widespread and difficult to remove. A new sunlight-powered method could help detect and break down these pollutants that threaten human health and the environment.

Meet a newly described species from Japan, Malagazzia Michelin , once misidentified in field guides before scientists revealed its true identity.

Learn more about Pico-C, a tool that helps reveal the genome's structure during the first days of life. 

Learn how sex-biased interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans explains why Neanderthal DNA is largely missing from the X chromosome.

Learn more about the chemical compound oleamide that leaks from plastic pollution and changes octopus meal preferences. 

Learn more about the Old Irish Goat, Ireland’s only indigenous breed that traces its roots back to the Late Bronze Age.

Learn how a new laser-based therapy is giving patients with aggressive brain cancer a stronger chance at survival.

Learn how recycled sewage may help turn moon and Mars soil into fertile ground for growing food in space.

Learn how mosquito DNA reveals when malaria-carrying species began targeting early hominins in Southeast Asia.

Learn how titanium-rich lunar rocks and Apollo landing sites reshaped researchers’ understanding of the Moon’s early magnetic history.

Learn about the clothing worn by the dead at Stone Age cemeteries in Sweden, showing how animal furs and feathers were used in burials. 

Learn how the answer behind why female caribou have antlers lies in how shed antlers provide a nutritional lifeline to a famous migratory group of Arctic caribous.

Learn how the tiny dinosaur fossil from Patagonia reshapes alvarezsaur evolution and their unusual digging claws.

Learn how reseachers are working to engineer certain bacteria to consume tumors.