This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

As Eisenhower once said of how conflicts end, 'sometimes it just gets down to the dirty job of killing until one side or the ...

Lost for decades, divers were finally granted permission to find and explore the city's ancient streets which flourished ...

A 2,500-year-old Chinese sword discovered in 1965 remains razor-sharp and pristine today, seemingly defying the natural laws ...

HONG KONG -- The world's second-largest economy is in for another tumultuous year. Throughout 2024, China was reeling from a prolonged property downturn, a local government funding crisis and a ...

Further back in evolution, two babies at once was the norm. Our ancient primate ancestors gave birth to twins. Modern humans overwhelmingly birth just a single child — a rather large child with ...

President-elect Donald Trump may only have four years in power ahead of him — assuming American democracy holds — but these four years could prove critical in the fight against climate change.

A woman in southwestern China who has two reproductive systems has given birth to a wave of fascination across mainland social media. Her condition, coupled with the twists and turns of her life ...

The 57-year-old has been a transgender icon in China for years, admired by some of the country’s most marginalized as a rare example of both success and acceptance, even within officialdom.

Millions of social media users in China have been moved by a 74-year-old man who has spent the past 36 years directing the traffic in his home city after car accidents took the lives of his wife ...