Most ice age teens started puberty around the same time as humans in modern times do, according to archaeologists who studied the skeletons...
While we were migrating around the globe, inventing agriculture and visiting the moon, chimpanzees — our closest living relatives...
When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, humans had been the only species with reported cases...
A submerged, human-constructed limestone bridge found inside a cave on a Spanish island is much older than previously thought, pushing...
Cooking is important — in fact, some researchers believe it's what allowed our human ancestors to unlock the extra calories needed...
Most people prefer artificial intelligence (AI) — not humans — to make major decisions around the distribution of financial...
Google's DeepMind can control a robotic arm to beat mere mortals at table Tennis, a new study reports. But Fan Zhendong, the 2024 gold...
CAPTCHAs are those now ubiquitous challenges you encounter to prove that you’re a human and not a bot when you go to log in to many...
Humans and dogs have been close companions for perhaps 30,000 years, according to anthropological and DNA evidence....
Name: Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)Where it lives: Southeast AsiaWhat it eats: Ants, bees, beetles, honey, termites, fruit, plants,...
Humans are very good at wiping out wildlife. From dodos, to golden toads, to Tasmanian tigers, many species have succumbed to our unique...
A captive snake in Australia has broken the world record for the most venom produced in one go, according to the creature's keepers.With...
This is a story that goes back thousands of years.Originally, cats were solitary creatures. This means they preferred to live and hunt...
Ants in Florida perform life-saving surgery on their peers, scientists have discovered. They are only the second animal in the world...
Scientists have discovered many ancient shoes around the world, including 5,500-year-old leather shoes in Armenia, 6,200-year-old grass...
The question of whether aliens can conceive and give birth like humans has long fascinated both scientists and the general public....
In an astonishing revelation that has sent shockwaves through the scientific and historical communities, a photograph unearthed in...
Humans have shared stories about giants for thousands of years, from the cyclopes of Greek mythology to the biblical Goliath. But are...
