Carolyn Johnson

The discovery of a human mandible embedded in a travertine floor tile went viral on Reddit, and now the family is working with scientists to study the specimen.

The fossil hunters found pieces of the jaw of an ichthyosaur, a giant marine reptile that swam in the oceans in the time of dinosaurs.

A new experiment shows how complex molecules crucial for life could have been synthesized from early Earth’s basic ingredients.

East Coast earthquakes such as the 4.8-magnitude New Jersey temblor are not frequent, but when they do happen, shaking can be felt hundreds of miles away.

Groups from Texas to Maine will take part in a transcontinental relay race to record the sun’s corona and contribute to an hour-long movie of the eclipse.

A total eclipse isn’t just a spectacle in the sky. Birds, insects and even plants will take notice, and might start acting strange.

For scientists, a total eclipse is a brief quirk of orbital mechanics that offers a grand view of one of the most consequential parts of our star: the corona.

Microscopic shards of glass that rained down from an ancient eruption are revealing how early modern humans adapted to the dramatic changes in climate.

Scientists dated an artifact-rich site in western Ukraine to 1.4 million years ago, possibly filling a gap in when the first humans migrated into Europe.

Using a headcam, scientists recorded the world from a baby’s point of view. Now they have trained AI with those recordings to probe how children learn language.