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A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

Scientists that won an infamous 2024 IgNobel Prize for "discovering that many mammals are capable of breathing through their ...

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

NASA has selected Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen as the crew for the Artemis 2 mission. They are scheduled to launch no ...

Since 2019, breakthroughs in synthetic biology, AI-driven protein design, and precision fermentation have revitalized the ...

A paradigm shift is coming as evidence emerges that we are more than our brains.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Dr. Gwendolyn A. Newkirk Human Sciences building is one of dozens on the University of Nebraska’s east campus, but the story of the woman behind the name is still being ...

Wolves roaming the Mongolian steppes cover more than 7,000 kilometers a year. The Arctic tern flies from pole to pole in its ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Tossed the softest of softball questions, William Katzman, vice president for exhibits at the Great Lakes Science Center, can’t resist the joke. Why is the soon-to-open traveling exhibition “Super ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps share 98.8% of their DNA. But is this actually true? And what does "similar ...