New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.

A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ...

Today’s 7,600 languages might seem like a lot, but they're just a fraction that survived a vast, ancient extinction.

Our planet’s inhabitants speak more than 7,000 languages, each a unique repository of knowledge, culture and history. But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans ...

AI doesn’t just learn stereotypes from its training. It can cook up new ones, too. The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to ...

Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of issues that must be dealt with simultaneously is ...

For over 10,000 years, dogs have lived alongside humans. They understand our emotions, read our expressions, and even know when we need comfort. But here’s the mystery: why can’t we truly understand ...

A quick cry could one day save your life. Brazilian researchers have developed a tiny sensor that can detect early signs of Parkinson’s disease in human tears — a method they say is faster, cheaper ...

A conservative group is planning nationwide protests challenging data centers set to take place later this month, as debate grows about how they are expanding in the United States. Humans First has ...

From ancient graves to stories of survival on the frontier, signs of human flesh-eating turn stomachs, even as they raise questions. Anthropologists have uncovered bones cut up with axes and ...

Sophia Smith Galer first understood language loss as a sound coming from upstairs. Her 93-year-old nonna was in bed in north London, speaking al dialët, the family’s regional language from northern ...