Humans have influenced the planet like no other species. The impact we've made on Earth is undeniable. But have you ever ...

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to ...

Slowing down climate change is an immense task, but small individual actions can add up to help reduce emissions. In 2024, the critical 1.5C threshold was breached for a full year for the first ...

NASA have discovered a planet bigger than Earth accompanied by gas that is 'only produced by life' in what is an incredible find. As the space agency continues to make incredible finds within our ...

Through what I call “Infinite Education,” we can foster human value, ingenuity and ethical thinking to complement rather than compete with intelligent machines. In place of outdated ...

Human composting turns bodies into soil by speeding up “what happens on the forest floor,” according to Tom Harries, CEO of Earth Funeral, the human composting company the Muckenhoupt family ...

This speed is millions of times slower than the input rate, as the human body’s sensory systems gather data about the surrounding environment at a rate of a billion bits per second. Researchers ...

Astronomers believe that our solar system may still hold surprises, with ongoing efforts to find a hidden ninth planet, often referred to as Planet Nine or Planet X. If confirmed, this discovery ...

The long-held theory of human evolution says that modern humans originated in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world. However, that “out of Africa” model is being challenged by a ...