Category science

Elapoid snakes, including cobras, mambas and sea snakes, may have evolved in Asia, not Africa as many researchers once thought.

A 2,400-year-old pebbled mosaic unearthed in Greece contains images of two naked men with tails dancing to music.

The CDC has clarified and narrowed its recommendations for which older adults should get an RSV vaccine.

Women with severe endometriosis are 10 times more likely to get ovarian cancer, while people with endometriosis of any severity are four times as likely, a study suggests. But patients shouldn’t panic.

Tablets added to the British Museum’s collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.

The universe is expanding at an ever accelerating rate — and tiny wormholes that bore through the fabric of space-time might be to blame, a new study proposes.

China plans to launch more than 100 satellites for its new “constellation” this year and thousands more by the end of the decade.

Get a closer look with this huge saving on the Bushnell Powerview 2 10×42 binoculars — now down to their lowest-ever price $40.97 at Amazon!

Neuroscientist Christof Koch’s new book discusses how information integration in the brain leads to consciousness and whether AI will ever be self-aware.

A new analysis of teeth and a bone found on an Indonesian island reveal that “hobbits” were more than 2 inches shorter than we thought.