“All the Fermi Paradox tells you is that civilizations are rare. It doesn’t tell you why they’re rare,” says Ian Crawford, a ...

A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation.

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Experts say the benefits of the heart-healthy "portfolio" diet are exponential—from lowering your cholesterol to reducing ...

In an unprecedented year of pandemic and natural disasters, cash-strapped state parks now face funding cutbacks.

National Geographic Explorer Paolo Verzone provides a rare peek inside a stellarator, an experiment that aims to give the world near-limitless clean energy.

From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a ...

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

Some say the devil himself created the Accursed Mountains, otherwise known as the albanian alps, which form a fierce wall ...

Here’s what science actually shows about declining testosterone in young adults, and why treatment is rarely the first answer ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...