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Without a skull, determining the dinosaur's relationships is difficult
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Scientists aim to reach the mantle and bring back rock samples for the first time in human history
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2-year-old child that lived 1.5 million years ago suffered from the blood disorder, which may suggest that hominids by this time were regularly eating meat
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See the results of 98-year-old Irving Olson's kitchen experiments
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Paleontologists have named scores of dinosaurs, but why is T. rex our favorite?
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In the world's most remote ocean waters, researchers discovered unexpectedly high levels of plastic pollution
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Tracks made by a 20-foot predatory dinosaur have been found in rock from Connecticut to Arizona, but who made the tracks?
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Computer simulations indicate that ocean temperatures and weather patterns might vary on a 100-year-long cycle called PCO
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The evidence says scientists are pretty honest. New techniques could make it easier for scientific fabricators to be caught
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A reader shows us a snapshot of a spare-parts dinosaur
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Archaeologists are still debating when hominids started making stone tools and which species was the first toolmaker
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New research suggests that most people may not be as committed to their moral principles as they think they are
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Set to be christened in 2013, this new naval warship will amaze, leaving almost no wake in the open seas
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Nesting behind waterfalls and in caves, the rarely seen black swift is only beginning to shed its secrets
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Smith trucks are powered by batteries, not diesel, which could make a big difference in the fight against climate change
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The dinosaur had the strongest bite of any land animal – even harder than we previously thought
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New research digs deeper into the social science behind why power brings out the best in some people and the worst in others
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Comet C/2012 S1(ISON) could become the brightest comet anyone alive has ever seen
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Triceratops was an awesome dinosaur, but, despite one site's claim, it wasn't equipped with poisonous quills
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Jim des Rivières' portraits of moths capture the insects' exquisite patterns
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