Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to west Texas after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness.

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

When you see pasta, your brain probably doesn't jump to the secrets of the universe. But for almost a century, physicists have puzzled over spaghetti's counterintuitive properties. You might think ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the royal tomb of an unknown king who ruled the region during a tumultuous time 3,600 years ago. The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in ...

A disposal container is filled with hypodermic needles that were exchanged at a clinic is seen Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Portland, Maine. A legislative committee today heard testimony on a bill to ...

We’ve gotten a lot better at fighting cancer, but there’s still a way to go. An important realization was that it’s not the primary tumor that often claims lives — it’s the spread of ...

Modern Kazakhstan is built upon a foundation of different cultures, khanates, and empires across history. A routine fire patrol, operating some 200 miles northwest of the country's capital, Astana ...

AGAINST a backdrop of pained barking, an emaciated pooch hobbles over to a dirt-covered animal pile, which it licks, bites and then tugs at -- eager to pry off any flesh to stave off starvation.

With time, even the tools used to play holi have evolved. A beautiful, ornate silver water syringe with a spout the shape of ...

In a significant advancement for Nigeria’s healthcare sector, the Lagos State government has officially commissioned the O-Care Disposable Syringe Factory, Nigeria’s first facility dedicated ...