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A burial mound in Turkey may have held the remains of a member of King Midas's family. But not all experts are convinced.

The oldest river predates the dinosaurs. But how do we know this?

The hydrochloric acid in your stomach can burn through metal — so why doesn't it burn through your stomach?

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago.

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the moment they encountered this snake in the wild.

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone is "beyond convincing" evidence this ape was bipedal.

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy.

Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would start colliding if they lost the ability to avoid each other, such as during a powerful solar storm. And its value is rapidly decreasing.

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired prey during long hunts.

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Humans have undoubtedly bred cats to create certain breeds, but did any of these feline breeds emerge naturally?