The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets we’ve found so far – which in turn makes them interesting for ...

The researchers said that the "hydroxyl gigamaser" was generated by the merger of two galaxies some 8 billion light-years away.

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...

Exploring divine authority, political power, sectarian conflict, and moral leadership in a globalized, technologically advancing world.

An intriguing religious issue is raised by an odd space-age colloquy in mid-February between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Out of the blue, political podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama, “Are ...

The team calculated that the mosquitoes likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some ...

The historic Chateau at the Oregon Caves is an architectural gem that deserves recognition beyond its role as a place to ...

A unifying quality of the previous films in the Alien franchise is that they all focus on a “final girl,” a common hallmark of horror cinema. While Wendy might technically qualify for this description ...

Sci-fi cinema has changed greatly throughout the decades, and one can track its evolution from classics like Metropolis to ...