For most modern Christians, the idea of “going to heaven” is a key belief. But early Christians had very different ideas on the subject

The 7,200-year-old burial was found in a cave.

Some females found to have evolved to have bright plumage, which seems to protect against male aggression

That means gains for some people, but losses for more

The very act of making decisions depletes our ability to make them well. So how do we navigate a world of endless choice?

A new generation of detectors let scientists identify a dozen large episodes of bioluminescence, one a hundred times larger than Manhattan — and that’s the smallest.

Louisiana is assessing the damage after the storm knocked out power for nearly one million people.

Throughout history, ancient cities have been abandoned due to climate change, wars, and environmental disasters, with a select few being the direct result of a volcanic eruption.

After months of closure, the US-Canada border is now open to travelers without quarantine. Writer Rebecca Soffer discovers whether the trip -- with unvaccinated kids in tow -- is worth the hassle of the tests and paperwork.

World’s largest lizard moves from vulnerable to endangered on IUCN red list of threatened species

I got to experience the F-150 Lightning firsthand riding shotgun at Ford's test track. The truck is way quicker than it looks.

Preprints are scientific papers made available before being published in a peer-reviewed journal. The Australian Research Council has banned researchers from citing them in grant applications.

Rallies in Afghanistan have already been broken up violently, now ‘severe consequences’ are threatened for demonstrators

The former president is thinking about standing again. While I’d love to laugh at the idea of him winning a second time, the polls offer a heavy note of caution, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

Learning Latin shouldn’t be like solving crossword puzzles – it was a living language and is best learnt by speaking it

From the Rosetta stone to the Enigma Code, there are two main ways to decipher ancient languages, but artificial intelligence is helping to modify translations.

With $15 million in private funding, Colossal aims to bring thousands of woolly mammoths back to Siberia. Some scientists are deeply skeptical that will happen.

The small furry Eastern Barred Bandicoot is bumped off an Australian "extinct in the wild" list.

It’s not just animals that are at risk of dying out, the world’s crops are in rapid decline. Here’s why it matters what is on your plate