From the first successful kidney transplant in 1954, modern organ transplantation has often been linked to the horrors of Frankenstein. While people have grown to accept kidney and liver transplants ...

Unearthed in 1974, the famed hominid skeleton reshapes our understanding of evolution ...

With newly launched routes and daily services, AirAsia X connects Kuala Lumpur to Bahrain and London, opening the door to two ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Fossils are sometimes treated as mere curiosities or decorative items rather than as critical evidence for understanding Earth’s history. When this happens, valuable records can be permanently lost, ...

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the ...

Five enormous skeletons tower over the vaulting entrance hall: a brachiosaurus, a camarasaurus, two diplodocus and a barosaurus. This, apparently, is a herd of sauropods. Elsewhere, a video panorama ...

A year of turbulence has exposed the dangers of philanthropic monocultures and upended assumptions about impact, ...

The ubiquitous garment has become an icon of East Asian fashion and has transformed as Chinese society underwent massive changes. It also begs the question: Does something so timeless have a true form ...

Past the silent, weathered stones of the century-old post office and beyond the contemplative quiet of museum halls, a ...

Encephalitis lethargica is an illness that attacks the brain, leaving the victims like living statues—speechless and motionless. This disease turned into a full-blown epidemic around the world in the ...

This spooky macabre museum in Georgia will send shivers down your spine, featuring eerie exhibits dark history and an ...