Who were the first americans?

By following Earth’s journey around the Sun, scientists are able to predict the next deep freeze

Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens

Driven by the hunger for new territory, in the 16th century Russia embarked on the ruthless subjugation of a vast and hostile land in the frozen east

Where did life on Earth begin? That sounds like a relatively straightforward question. Surely life on Earth began… well, on Earth, right? We know this planet had the right conditions for life to arise

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

The discovery of buried ‘mud waves’ off the ...