New research shows that a deeply ancient part of the brain can process visual information on its own, without help from the cortex. Scientists found that the superior colliculus, a structure shared by ...

Alexander the Great dived into the unknown, facing giant crabs, pearls, and mysterious depths in a legendary underwater ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

The first Lighting Xi'an Festival, named Geometry of Light, was launched at Xi'an MIXC, a high-end shopping mall situated in the heart of Xi'an's southern axis, Dec 9, 2025. [Photo provided to ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have uncovered the earliest known evidence of humans deliberately making ...

It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can "Star Trek" teach us anything about the economics of our own ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

Why do people in Italy, specifically, live longer than most? Well, according to DNA samples, it’s their genetic ancestry. A recent study reached into the prehistoric past to uncover why people ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

Season’s greetings from The Debrief… this week in our top stories, researchers have unveiled a novel “cloaking device” that can shield complex objects from detection using real-world materials.

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet still gives rise to a kaleidoscope of different cell types and tissues. A ...