Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

Earth once roamed with creatures beyond imagination—towering predators, colossal grazers, and alien-looking giants. Some ...

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors ...

Harvard Medical School researchers are designing next-gen robots that can flex, contract, and grow like human beings.

Giant, floating pumpkin races have drawn large crowds to the Oregon city of Tualatin. The Portland suburb has hosted the ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

EAST RUTHERFORD - Cam Skattebo has brought a legacy to the New York Giants that he has established by inflicting punishment on the football field. Before Skattebo earned the "Angry Runs" scepter from ...

The Philadelphia Eagles lost 34-17 to the New York Giants, with players stating the team was not "tough, detailed, together." Players pointed to a lack of execution, including missed sacks, poor clock ...

P. antiquus grew as large as 13 feet tall at the shoulder and weighed over 29,000 pounds. At a fossil site in Rome, Italy paleontologists uncovered a set of straight-tusked elephant remains dating ...

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