Williams and Wilmore will board SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and undock for their journey back to Earth on March 19 ...

Paleontology, the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants, is just one of many subjects Nicholson’s ...

Butch Wilmore, a fellow astronaut, stuck in space with Williams revealed how gravity will be the biggest challenge when the two astronauts return home.

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A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...

We live in an era where information is more accessible than ever before. Paradoxically, this hasn’t made us wiser—it’s made ...

In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...