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The autumnal decor wasn't always so spooky.

Researchers in Kenya excavated the first hand and foot bones belonging to ‘Paranthropis boisei.’

The special glands located on their legs were first mistaken for 'ears.'

The 1,400-year-old ‘bingo’ is the oldest known facility of its kind.

These gentle, 400-pound giants are splashing back from the brink of extinction.

But probably not as much as your cell phone.

The free service offers retro graphics, smooth tunes, and up-to-date forecasts.

The toxic metal may have rewired early human brains—and sealed the Neanderthals' fate.

A new program trained on iPhone photos could curb food waste.

Brandon Dawson’s prize-winning pumpkin weighs as much as a bison.

While they actually power-up trees and not plumbers, the 40 year-old video game helped make toadstools mainstream.

The LED lights reduced entanglements by 63 percent, according to a new study.

The Sonos Beam Gen. 2 doesn't take up a lot of space, but it's great for spatial audio. And it's on sale this week only at Walmart.

Compact, clever, and charmingly British, Brompton’s Electric G Line adds watts to its whimsy for riders short on space but long on style.

Survival of the fittest doesn’t always mean smartest, fastest, or strongest.

The gut contents act like a microscopic time machine into pre-Hispanic Mexico.

Amino acids may not have arrived on big space rocks after all.

Jackie (short for jack-o'-lantern) owes her unique colors to a mixture of chemical compounds.