Alex Hutchinson, science journalist and endurance athlete, discusses the science that drives human exploration.

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

The Cognitive Covenant reframes our interaction with AI not as a transaction, but as a relationship. It is an agreement to ...

A new multi-generational study suggests that the effects of violence can remain in your genes—and be passed down to future ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to drive more value with data and analytics. As artificial intelligence takes on a larger role in ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Every day, billions of cells in your body ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...

Bone artifacts discovered in Tanzania push back the earliest known date of bone tool technology by over a million years. In Olduvai Gorge, archaeologists have discovered a range of bone tools thought ...

Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ergaster, a direct ancestor of modern people. Fossils of Paranthropus ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems with human-level reasoning are unlikely to be achieved through the approach and technology that have dominated the current boom in AI, according to a survey of ...