A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

Archaeologists from University College London and the Natural History Museum suggest the findings offer insights into the cognitive abilities of early human ancestors.

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

Scientists have found that keratin, the protein in hair and skin, can repair and protect tooth enamel. The material forms a mineralized layer that halts decay and restores strength, outperforming ...

Adam Spanberger chatted about his new, ground-breaking role as Virginia’s First Gentleman at a pancake breakfast.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s a classic Disney moment: Dumbo the elephant jumps out of a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

FEW ANIMALS scare full-grown African elephants. But bees are among them. So it was to bees that Iain Douglas-Hamilton looked when he sought to draw a line between those pachyderms’ domain and humanity ...

The Science Siblings love an at-home experiment. Paige and Adam Jacobson went the chemistry route with this one, concocting “elephant toothpaste.” Start by adding the food coloring to the hydrogen ...

Adult Swim has assembled a superstar coalition of celebrated animation creators for one of its most ambitious projects to date. The project is produced as a triptych, with each act created in total ...

Astrophotographer Terry Hancock has captured a dramatic view of the star-forming region IC 1396 — also known as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula — shining in deep space some 2,400 light-years from Earth in ...

On Saturday, Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment hosted BRYTE Science Day, an on-campus event organized to provide Providence elementary, middle and high school refugee students an opportunity ...