In conversations with voice AI, the wait time for a response is decreasing. Even if you rephrase mid-sentence, the AI ...

How early humans obtained meat, and what animal bones reveal about their behavior, will be the subject of a free public ...

We tend to think of our bones as solid, unchanging support structures inside our bodies, but a recent study from the ...

A landmark Nature study reveals that non-coding DNA switches silenced 17 cartilage-building genes during human evolution, leaving human joints with 62% fewer shock-absorbing sugar molecules than ...

A repetitive stretch of noncoding DNA helps regulate a gene active in human but not chimpanzee forebrain progenitor cells.

This story is a work of fiction inspired by real research showing that octopuses edit their RNA in response to temperature ...

Often associated with disease, vampires, and other generally unpleasant things, bats are actually important pollinators and play critical roles in our ecosystem. “They’re just so cool and so ...

Humans and chimpanzees are remarkably similar, despite the major differences in how our societies have panned out.

Most of what we knew about early modern humans has been turned upside down in the past two decades – and many more questions ...

Individualism is a hallmark of modern society, yet acts of altruism are not uncommon. This paradox that humans often shift ...

A baby giraffe walks within an hour of birth, while human newborns can barely lift their heads. Neuroscience suggests that ...

What clients should reasonably expect from a professional when technology can perform more of the foundational work itself.