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Analysis of ancient proteins may fill in the gaps of human evolution left by the decomposition of DNA.

A new study suggests that the mitochondria in human egg cells don't accumulate DNA mutations with age, which sets them apart from other tissues in the body.

An unidentified early hominin fossil that might be a new species confirms that Australopithecus and Homo species lived in the same region of Africa in the same time frame.

A DNA analysis of two people who lived in Britain in the seventh century reveals they had recent African ancestry.

Researchers caution that the Amazon rainforest could disappear in the next hundred years, due to the combined effects of climate change and deforestation, and a new model predicts how that could transpire.

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to understanding how early galaxies grow.

Scientists have created the first artificial tongue that can taste, and process flavors entirely in a liquid environment.

In space, no one can hear you scream — here's why.

Unchecked groundwater extraction and climate change have dried continents significantly over the past 22 years, with 101 countries now losing fresh water to the ocean, research reveals.

A new electric motorsport championship is making an ambitious pitch to bring electric engines to the ocean — and Will Smith, LeBron James and Tom Brady are along for the ride.

People report vivid dreams during rapid-eye-movement sleep. But is this sleep stage really the only time we dream?