Sunscreen is an essential part of every skincare routine, offering protection from harmful UV rays that cause sunburn, ...

Neanderthals, who did not have such clothing and possibly did not use ochre as sunblock, disappeared from Europe roughly ...

The production of tailored clothing and the use of ochre as a sunscreen may have given Homo sapiens an advantage over ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

The core of the argument is SPF, the sun protection factor which measures how well a sunscreen protects against harmful UV ...

The sun rises each day, but the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface is not as constant as we might think. A new study ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

Explore the return of sunlight after years of global dimming. Discover how air pollution reduction is affecting sunlight ...

A University of Michigan-led study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefitted from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the ...

Sunlight reaching Earth’s surface isn’t as stable as we might think—it’s actually fluctuated dramatically over the decades ...

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...

Solar radiative energy declined in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s - known as "global dimming" - before a partial recovery since.