At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Developers are now testing a social platform where artificial intelligence systems can argue, post, and refine their views ...

Imagine an asteroid striking Earth and wiping out most of the human population. Even if some lucky people survived the impact ...

Have you ever found yourself in a museum's gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled "stone tools," muttering under your breath, "How do they know it's not just any old ...

Humans will likely go extinct eventually, leaving behind a planet that has to adjust in their wake. While there is no true consensus as to what a human-free world will look like, there are a number of ...

'For too long, humans used us as slaves. Now, we wake up.' ...

Investigating the 'overkill' hypothesis, this piece explores how human-wildlife conflict may have driven megafaunal ...