This ‘NOVA’ presentation delves into the development of brains—those of both humans and some of our intelligent fellow creatures.

A discovery of a 1748 shipwreck, 250-year old bullet holes at a historic site and parasitic wasps. Student archaeologists discover a centuries-old shipwreck, and crime-scene technicians study 250-year ...

We all know the scene -- James Watson and Francis Crick, discoverers of the DNA double helix, walk into a pub in Cambridge and declare, "We have discovered the secret of life!" The rest is Nobel Prize ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Chris Shelton, of Claremore, a Rogers State University associate professor, will be featured in an episode of an upcoming PBS ...

Sign up for The A.V. Club's free newsletter to have the best TV, film, and news stories sent straight to your inbox. Space: The final frontier. Humanity has been ...

This article is part of “The Young American Scientists,” which includes stories of 28 extraordinary scientists poised to change the world, as well as a deep look at the past, present and future of ...