There's a chance you've seen people wiggle their ears and thought it's a neat trick. But that's actually the result of many ...

Archaeologists Were Exploring a Cave—and Found 100 Prehistoric Structures Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have discovered a vast 23 million light-year-wide tendril connecting galactic clusters and containing much of the universe's missing matter.

GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today the completion of a review of its activities, expenditure, staffing and structures, following a significant decline in humanitarian funding ...

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

In that piece, he walks the reader through case studies of how social conditions and public policies substantially affected well-being in different populations. And through the years, we’ve published ...

Researchers working in Peru have discovered more than 100 previously unknown structures at the Gran Pajatén archaeological complex, an ancient site located within Río Abiseo National Park, 500 ...

The tailbone is a bone located at the end of the spine, below the sacrum. Sometimes, however, the embryonic tail doesn't disappear and the baby is born with it.

No credible evidence supports claims of vast underground structures found beneath Egyptian pyramids Claims of new ancient structures discovered beneath the pyramids in Giza are greatly overstated.

Humans also experience piloerection when we get goosebumps, but it’s not as obvious since we have less hair.” Goosebumps are, therefore, a vestigial reflex with regards to scaring off predators.

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we listen intently, according to new research.