The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain ...

Consciousness likely emerged as life became increasingly cooperative and required organisms not only to sense the state of ...

The idea that universes evolve like organisms sat on the fringes of theoretical physics for decades. Then, a Substack post and a 2022 find by the James Webb Space Telescope boosted the concept ...

MANY readers will have come across Marx and Engels’ writings on history, from The Peasant War in Germany (Engels, on the 16th ...

So much of our daily reality is weird, creepy, or mind-bending, but we rarely slow down enough to notice. Take our own bodies ...

Kissing carries different meanings across cultures, while changing laws increasingly focus on consent, personal choice, and ...

The world never runs out of mysteries, but as adults we just stop paying attention to them. That is why reading through this ...

We're taking a look at oddities in Tennessee history from an archaeological hoax to drug smuggling and literal monkey business.

Comic book fans thought they had 'Lanterns' figured out after the show spent its early episodes leaning into a grounded buddy ...

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

A study has found that young chimpanzees develop distinct population-specific vocal patterns as they mature (ontogeny), ...