Researchers found evidence that Ice Age foragers were sucking psychoactive betel nuts 25,000 years ago.

Ancient DNA suggests Rome’s fall reshaped Europe through gradual migration and intermarriage, not a sudden barbarian takeover.

AI insiders are warning that the race toward self-improving systems is outrunning efforts to control them.

New fossils, tools and butchered bones put an elusive human lineage into everyday life.

The researchers squeezed water to millions of atmospheres and discovered a bizarre new form of ice.

This extinct dog was raised for its wool and its only known pelt has finally returned to canada.

AI could supercharge growth while pushing income from white-collar workers toward capital.

Claude did not rediscover the proof. It made the existing one machine-checkable.

A newly discovered bacterial pathway turns a common steroid precursor into testosterone.

The plume can reach breathing height, but the actual infection risk remains uncertain.

RoboBall is built to tumble where ordinary lunar rovers may not survive.

Ancient Irish cave art may reveal a lost Ice Age route from Wales.

Popular watches often misjudge workout calories. Errors grow as body fat rises.

Regular glass is brittle and fragile. But pure glass coated on DNA is a different beast entirely.

An unfinished Neolithic loaf may be the oldest fermented bread ever identified.

A hidden triangle could explain one of da Vinci's greatest works.

Researchers redesigned a hard plastic so it can be broken down and rebuilt.

The Iron Age skull could have been nailed to either instill fear or rever the dead.

Could a weekly match on the court be the secret to a longer, healthier life?

Ancient enzymes reveal how evolution shaped cannabis chemistry, and how scientists may harness it.