Jade Luiz is reconstructing the lives of mid-1800s sex workers from artifacts tossed into a privy.

The heart of Yoshino resides in a narrow, A-frame house along the banks of a mighty river. Yoshino Cedar House is an extraordinary, community-run Airbnb that has drawn international visitors to the…

The Romans thought trousers were for barbarians. Now we all wear them.

Scientists have identified 343 meteorites that crashed in Turkey in 2015 as originating from asteroid Vesta.

A recent surge of products with CBD in them is hitting shelves. Should you try them?

A new study hints NASA's Sojourner rover explored a spillway that once connected an inland sea formed by floods with an ocean on Mars' northern plains.

Last Month, NASA's Mars InSight lander’s “mole” got stuck after 4 hours of digging. Scientists are scrambling to solve the problem and get it digging again.

Human brains responded to changes in a magnetic field, evidence that we have the ability to detect them.

Bitter taste perception is genetic, new study finds, and the bitter-sensitive tend to avoid bitter drinks with one exception: Coffee lovers love caffeine.

Researchers study Neanderthal children's teeth to learn more about the developmental and environmental conditions they endured.

On my ride from the airport into Pittsburgh, my Lyft driver, Debra Phillips, tells me stories of change. At 60 years old, she has a lot of them. “I have lived here my whole life,” she beams.Her father…

Just north of San Francisco, Bodega Bay cuts a crescent moon shoreline into the California coast. Toward the end of summer in 2014, the water temperature of the bay skyrocketed. In one of the most…

West Antarctic glaciers might now be melting fast enough to quiet the back and forth over a controversial climate finding.

Scientists seek evidence for Neanderthal language from fossils, artifacts and DNA.

New research indicates that playing happy and sad music stimulate the brain of a musician in different — both pleasurable — ways.

Gesturing isn't just helpful for underscoring a point. New research shows that talking with your hands can boost working memory.

A new study from researchers at Tel Aviv University contests long-held assumptions about the differences between male and female brains.

Boeing’s test of their crew capsule, Starliner, may be delayed by three months, shrinking their margin of error for reaching crew accreditation this year.

People all switch between smartphone apps in the same way, regardless of which apps or how many they're using.

These reactions produce hundreds of chemical compounds that give color and aroma to some of our favorite foods such as roast meat, coffee and bread.

how’d we get to a world today where 1 percent of the population controls so much of the wealth?

The latest research in canine cognition.

Our planet’s tilted axis, which wobbles over a 40,000-year cycle, gives plants distinct seasons of growth and dormancy. Our seasons have also led to remarkable adaptations in animals ranging from honeybees to lungfish.

Relocating historic structures can be tricky business.