Woman Says Ancestry.com Test Revealed Her Parents' Fertility Doctor Was Actually Her Father
When Rowlette first got her results back, more than three decades later, she thought there must be some kind of error.
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When Rowlette first got her results back, more than three decades later, she thought there must be some kind of error.
I can’t beelieve it!
New research suggests that Neanderthals likely acquired specialised physical characteristics that helped them tolerate the harsh conditions of the Ice Age.
Birds may have a natural affinity for quantum mechanics, it turns out.
Archaeologists in Switzerland are conducting an experiment to figure out how ancient Romans used a series of deep shafts to keep food cool well into the summer months.
It's the second discovery of sauropod footprints on the Isle of Skye.
Our planetary neighbour may not be so unfriendly after all.
Like many silly ideas, it all started with a tweet—but it’s all real science, we promise!
This is the second set of dino tracks discovered on the Scottish island.
The country’s small size and high-tech abilities make it the ideal place to try and launch such an initiative.
A red dwarf star came within 0.8 light-years of our Sun some 70,000 years ago, marking what could have been the closest known flyby of a star to our Solar System.
Two teams of scientists report seeing single, twinkling stars in galaxies billions of light years away with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope.
It’s the first time that scientists have ever seen such a thing in a jawed terrestrial animal.
During World War I, the British economy was in tatters after the predominantly male workforce had been sent to the front lines. With the men gone, the task of keeping the country ticking over fell to women.
Tiangong-1's much discussed descent to Earth ends with an anticlimactic plop into the Pacific Ocean.
Stay far, far away from synthetic marijuana products.
