With new resorts and a rich history, the southern state offers the best of Malaysia – without the tourist crowds ...

The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He, ...

D NA’s power to illuminate humanity’s past never ceases to amaze. Collected from those now alive, it shows how their ...

Q&A w/ editor Tim Squyres. Asia Society Japan welcomes Dr. Marlon Maus of UC Berkeley School of Public Health and Dr. Mai Kabayama of Osaka University to discuss their strategic partnership to combat ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

A train collision near Sri Lanka's Minneriya National Park killed at least six elephants, including four babies. The crash, which caused train derailment, occurred as the elephants attempted to ...