Stories by Tia Ghose

Discovered near a graveyard, the wand was likely used in funereal rituals

The site, however, raises further questions about how the stones were transported from their source to what is now the monument

The 40 skulls, first uncovered in 1988, show evidence of violent lives

The large, extinct frog may have used its shell-like armor to protect itself from dinosaurs and other predators

Polar bears are shifting their hunting techniques and diets as Arctic ice continues to melt

A combination of both earplugs and earmuffs would allow fans to enjoy the spectacle at safe noise levels

As temperatures increase with global warming, more icebergs disintegrate in the ocean, creating a noisier environment

The plant-eating dinosaur drowned 70 million years ago. Its fossilized remains are so well preserved that some of its skin left impressions in the nearby rock

The American Academy of Pediatrics' new guidelines also advise against TVs or Internet access in children's bedrooms

A newly declassified government plan for a flu pandemic suggests a challenging scenario, as vaccine production could take months and basic services could be disrupted

Scientists aren't sure whether men who make more sperm are genetically wired to be detached dads, or whether early life experience or the act of caring for children leads men's bodies to invest less in sperm-making, thereby causing their testicles to shrink

The aromatic plants, placed in a burial pit dating to nearly 14,000 years ago, sheds light on some of the rituals used by one of the earliest human cultures living in fixed settlements

A lack of structural online boundaries tempts users into spending countless hours on the Web

A tiny sponge camouflaged as a red blood cell could soak up toxins ranging from anthrax to snake venom, new research suggests

From "significant" to "natural," here are seven scientific terms that can prove troublesome for the public and across research disciplines

The discovery of the jaw of a 112-million-year-old mammal from the early Cretaceous Period suggests that small creatures were already evolving quickly

A new fossil discovery could shed light on why the number of penguin species plummeted on Africa's coastline from four species 5 million years ago to just one today—the jackass penguin

Despite detailed descriptions by Herodotus, very few mummies, if any, were eviscerated with cedar oil enemas, research suggests

More than three quarters of the adults showed signs of degenerative joint disease, likely from hauling heavy loads, and about two thirds of these adults had at least one broken bone

Rocketing through space at more than three million kilometers per hour, six speedy stars were likely ejected from the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way

Contrary to findings from mass Stone Age graves, women were equally as likely to be victims of deadly blows as men

DNA analysis reveals the olive was first domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago

A U.S. mathematician used a giant network of computers to find a new prime number--17,425,170 digits long

The same brain regions that perform cognitive tasks may also provide social intelligence, according to a new study