Interbreeding between tomato plants and potato-like species from South America about 8-9 million years ago gave rise to the modern-day potato (Solanum tuberosum).

The poorly understood ‘matalafi’ -- the homogenate of Psychotria insularum leaves (fresh leaf juice) -- is widely used in Samoan traditional medicine.

A new translation of a 40-line inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt called the Tempest Stela describes rain, darkness and the ‘sky being in storm without cessation, louder than the ...

New research led by University of Hawai’i astronomers suggests our Universe may rotate -- just extremely slowly.

Archaeologists say they have discovered a new type of Neanderthal hearth at Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar. This hearth structure coincides with predictions from theoretical studies which require the use of ...