Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth found that early humans, great apes, and even ...

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...

From Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, this video explores how humans evolved across millions of years of adaptation, ...

Have you ever wondered about the true measure of intelligence? How do we quantify something as complex and multifaceted as the human mind? For decades, the IQ test has stood as a bastion of ...

Although the first detection of gravitational waves in 2015 gets a lot of press, the detection of GW170817—the first binary neutron star collision—confirms how important gravitational waves likely are ...