(Rachel Sussman) In 2004, Rachel Sussman, a Brooklyn-based photographer who is a mere 37 years old, visited a Japanese cedar rumored to be 7,000 years old. Imbued with a sense of the fragility and ...

The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip of the iceberg.

The world’s oldest man, João Marinho Neto, turned 113 on Oct. 5, celebrating his birthday with a party with loved ones Neto became the world's oldest man in November 2024, and he told Guinness World ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

In 1910, the world was a very different place. Horse-drawn transport was still commonplace, there were fewer than 20 aircraft in the entirety of the US, and American women were still ten years away ...

After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life Sept. 9, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in Jerusalem's Old City.