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About 65 million years ago a rock from space hit the earth, devastating life and leaving a large crater on the surface of our planet.No, it's not who you are thinking of.Boltysh Crater, a 15 miles wide formation in central Ukraine, may not…

ROME - When a Neanderthal skull was discovered in a cave on the property of a beach hotel south of Rome in 1939, the theory arose that Neanderthals had practiced ritual cannibalism since their exposure and pulled the brains of their victims…

When construction workers were digging in Matthew Perkins' backyard to build a pool last week in Las Vegas, they made an unexpected discovery: bones buried six feet in the ground.When the foreman arrived a few days later, he was accompanied…

The correlation was also whether or not people were taking sleeping pills and whether or not they had a mutation called ApoE4, which increases the likelihood of people developing Alzheimer's disease, said Dr. Sabia.The researchers did not…

One day, when the story of the pandemic is being written, it may be a tale that is partly told in pictures: the desperation of overcrowded hospitals and body bags, the fear and isolation of the masks. And then the balm of a smiling person,…

About 900 of these people were seniors who were regularly examined in medical clinics to assess their health. Dr. Gibbons and his colleagues found that middle-aged people from around 40 years of age showed significant changes in their…

About 3,700 years ago a man and a woman were buried together in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Her grave was an egg-shaped vessel under the floor of a large hall in a sprawling hill complex called La Almoloya in what is now…

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.The global internet is becoming a little less American, and this can be both exciting and unsettling.I'm a bit obsessed with regional ecommerce…

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 23: Talk Show Host Larry King attends the 68th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards at the Television Academy on July 23, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg / Getty Images)Michael Tullberg | Getty…

The Atlanta Braves' right outfield player Hank Aaron (see close-up photo) has been named to the National League All Star team for the 16th consecutive year.Bettmann | Getty ImagesBaseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who rose from poverty in…