Ancient stone tools reveal how early seafarers from Asia became America’s first people

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

New Evidence Suggests the First Americans Didn’t Walk From Siberia—They Sailed From Japan

While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...

PBS’ NOVA celebrates 25 years of the International Space Station with a two-part special.

Operation Space Station will air on November 5th and 12th, with the first part, High-Risk Build, focusing on the engineering and construction of the ISS. Part two, Science and Survival, will tell the ...
Nature

7 basic science discoveries that changed the world

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...
The Associated Press

The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit

It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space ...
New Scientist

Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...