Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

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A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

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“Our findings combined with prior research indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered ...

A major ancient Roman factory found in England sheds light on tool production, with over 800 whetstones and stone anchors ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

Learn how researchers were able to use a climate model to uncover information about water on ancient Mars.

Meditation has been a common feature for eons in religious traditions from Buddhism to yoga, which originated as an ancient ...