Multiple spacecraft and rovers have now detected what appears to be an extensive network of ancient river channels hidden beneath the Martian surface, buried under layers of lava and sediment that ...

A new study focuses on krypton gas in the hopes of understanding how ancient coastlines and landscapes change in Earth’s past ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

By reconstructing ancient nitrogen-processing enzymes, scientists are uncovering new clues about how early life survived on a very different Earth.

Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars ...

By plying its ground-penetrating radar in the depths of Mars’s Jezero Crater, this rover has found even older deltas buried beneath those seen on the surface from space ...

A new study on ancient societies from around the world is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. A team of researchers analyzed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient ...

Discoveries made by archaeologists suggest that the first villagers used clay not to cook, but to tell stories about who they were.

In 1899, in the village of Bagicz in northwestern Poland, a stretch of eroding cliff gave way — and sent something extraordinary tumbling into view. A wooden log coffin, carved from a single oak trunk ...

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human family tree.

The Sun may have been part of a small group of stars that migrated from the core of our galaxy between 4 and 6 billion years ago.

The T-society framework suggests that modern human societies reflect the mathematical principles that govern protein societies within cells ...