A crudely satirical new viral video uses AI and “deepfake” technology to imagine a world in which Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are old and out of shape — and profiting, quite literally, from h ...

From the very beginning, PEOPLE was destined to become a cultural force, and its astrology can help explain why.

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious ...

Scientists in Spain investigated which characteristics of crystals may have made them so fascinating to our ancestors.

The U.S. military said Monday that the number of Americans killed during the ongoing conflict with Iran now stands at six.

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When the two species got together tens of thousands of years ago, the hookups may have often involved a male Neanderthal and a female human, according to a new study. The findings, described February ...

Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research suggests they evolved not for eye health but as a powerful social ...

NASA officials explain how the International Space Station supports Artemis and future Mars missions through life support testing, human research, partnerships and commercial development in low Earth ...

The immune systems of men appear to be better equipped to shut down pain, which could explain why chronic pain is more common ...

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.