If any organism could survive getting catapulted off the surface of Mars and drifting through interplanetary space, this would be the one. The question was whether it could handle the initial violence ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

Today, India, despite global scrutiny, has maintained a principled partnership with Iran, balancing its energy and strategic ...

Performers stage a Shehuo performance in Longxian county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on March 3, 2026. Photo: Courtesy of Yang Bingquan ...

A newly discovered collection of 400-million-year-old bony fish fossils is rewriting the history of vertebrate evolution.

The ancient Mexica welcomed spring with Tlacaxipehualiztli, an agricultural festival honoring the fertility god Xipe Tótec.

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

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

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...

Ten X in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago realized two iterations of an ancient sculpture from the museum's collection.

As longtime political science professor David Koyzis suggests in his book, Political Visions and Illusions: A Survey and ...

Around 2.3 billion years ago, the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) marked a major turning point in Earth’s history. The increase ...