Every so often, a kitten comes along who’s just too cute for words—and Bella is definitely one of them. This tiny gray and white sweetheart has paws that are a little extra, literally. She’s a ...

Lead exposure has been thought to be a uniquely modern phenomenon. Exposure to lead by ancient humans could have given modern humans a survival advantage over other species – more specifically, their ...

New research explores how diet, evolution, and facial anatomy may have shaped our modern smiles. Studies of ancient skulls show wider jaws and fewer malocclusions, leading researchers to explore how ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. When we think about tricky places for humans to live, our ...

People tend to think they’ve got cats figured out—aloof, affectionate when it suits them, maybe a little dramatic around a ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. How do computers see the world? It’s ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on ...

Commercial truck operating with Kodiak Driver self-driving technology by Kodiak AI. In a study by fleet safety tech company Nauto Inc., Kodiak Driver out-performed human drivers using Nauto's system.

Long before humans became the apex predator, our ancestors were being hunted — by creatures stronger, faster and deadlier than us. This video explores how we survived when the monsters were real.

Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but not through war or murder alone. A new study suggests that when the two species interbred, a slow-acting genetic incompatibility increased ...

Scientists are figuring out why microplastics are dangerous to humans. They have a long way to go before there is a complete set of answers. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, ...