The bones of an early human, unknown to science, who lived in the Levant at least until 130,000 years ago, were discovered in excavations at the Nesher Ramla site, near the city of Ramla. Recognizing ...

The world’s forests may hold more secrets than previously thought: a new global estimate of tree biodiversity suggests that there are about 9,200 tree species yet to be discovered. Most of these ...

An unknown human ancestor walked funny and lived in the same place and at the same time as the famous "Lucy" ancestor in Tanzania. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

There is no end to how much we can know of reality. But we can never know everything, says commentator Marcelo Gleiser. We are surrounded by mystery. This may sound like an anti-science statement but, ...

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The three princes of Sarandib—an ancient Persian name for Sri Lanka—get exiled by their father the king. They are good boys, but he wants them to experience the wider world and its peoples and be ...

Science, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1880 and published by AAAS, today ranks as the world's largest circulation general science journal. Published 51 times a year, Science is renowned for its ...

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