When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

From AI tools to self-driving cars, new technologies regularly tout themselves as being autonomous. Yet, their companies often have to recruit us humans for help in unexpected ways. The most recent ...

Sixty thousand years ago, humans in southern Africa were already mastering nature’s chemistry. Scientists have discovered chemical traces of poison from the deadly gifbol plant on ancient quartz ...

What did people use instead of toilet paper? Seashells, tapestries, wooden sticks and more. Donald Trump makes major change to fishing Ex-MLB outfielder Yasiel Puig found guilty on two federal charges ...

It may sound like a scene from Nosferatu, but research from the University of East Anglia shows that humans can use bat-like echolocation skills to judge the distance of objects. A study reveals that, ...

The machines aren’t just coming for your jobs. Now, they want your bodies as well. That’s at least the hope of Alexander Liteplo, a software engineer and founder of RentAHuman.ai, a platform for AI ...

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were probably interbreeding over a huge area stretching from western Europe into Asia. It was thought that this probably happened in the eastern Mediterranean region, but ...

It’s the kind of back-and-forth found on every social network: One user posts about their identity crisis and hundreds of others chime in with messages of support, consolation and profanity. In the ...

“Why should only the tall have access to tall genes? And why should only the smart have access to smart genes?… our goal is to give as many people as possible the opportunity to choose their genes for ...