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Dog sperm quality has decreased likely from household chemical exposure
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Traces of blood on the prehistoric tools, suggest our ancestors had a much more varied diet than once thought
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A small gold bead shows that Copper Age people in the Balkans were processing gold 6,500 years ago
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The sweatpants of its day for courtiers, the style was a rebellion against the elaborate, corseted dresses of Louis XIV's court
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The TEB is the latest iteration of a concept that's been "floating" for decades, but it has some big problems
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Those painful cupping "hickies" are only the start—athletes go to great lengths to gain an edge
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Under a new rule, attorneys could be fined or suspended for using derogatory language while they practice law
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A lackluster track record and controversial comments led to a shift
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It's the Martian "magic hour"
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A seemingly simple bag is at the center of multiple lawsuits
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New research suggests the bright red birds are viral “super-suppressors”
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Naturally occurring fire tornadoes are scary, but a new clean-burning, controlled version could help clean oil spills
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Irom Chanu Sharmila resisted a draconian law with her own body
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Thanks to industrial byproducts and pesticides, birds face more contamination than their cousins inland
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It's a tale of two Lucys
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Researchers set out to photograph the elusive cat to help create a conservation plan for the endangered feline
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While the role is ceremonial, abdication could mean a political battle
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Excavations at Xunantunich have uncovered the remains of a body and hieroglyphics that tell the story of the snake-head dynasty
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In a new study, readers showed "a survival advantage" over those who don't ever crack open a book
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After 300 years, Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare home to dozens of newspapers and thousands of reporters, becomes a tourist stop
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