We know throughout history that the size of modern humans and extinct human species – a collective group known as “hominins” – has varied significantly, from the roughly 30kg ...

The report draws on several strands of emerging research to argue that long-duration spaceflight, or living on other planets, might be even more difficult for humans than had been assumed.

You may have heard people claim that animals see better than humans. Turns out, that’s not actually true — human visual acuity is actually better than that of many animals, especially small ...

“We believe this is the first such communicative exchange between humans and humpback whales in the humpback ‘language,'” said Dr. McCowan. The researchers were thrilled to see such direct interaction ...

So, could humans ever undergo the same type of carcinization? Will your great-great-great-great-great-grandson or whatever be crab-like? “Do you know how arthropods grow? They molt their entire ...

How, some observers questioned, could we be sure that this really was a distinct species, and that humans were responsible for its disappearance? That single specimen, held by the Natural History ...

Watch the backstory and the hard work of these sprinters in Netflix’s Sprint: The World’s Fastest Humans Part-2, releasing on November 13. And don’t forget to catch up on Part-1 before diving into the ...

How can companies leverage AI to drive growth? And, as organizations adopt AI, how will humans partner with machines, now and in the future? On October 22, in a live, interactive HBR webinar ...

The Gault Site is among a dozen or so "pre-Clovis" sites in the Americas. Since an earlier presence of humans predates the last major Ice Age and the Bering Land Bridge, this suggests that ...