Four hundred thousand years ago, near a water hole on grasslands bordering a forest in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to create sparks, ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

While the merits of making your bed are many, science may support leaving it a mess. For years, experts have maintained that the morning ritual can help you sleep better, have more sex, boost ...

"Avatar: The Way of Water" might be the most digitally sophisticated movie ever made, but it only worked because all of its tech was in service to human emotion. In what now feels like a humbling ...

Humans have been banging out rhythms and singing melodies for as long as we’ve been around, from Paleolithic flutists to contemporary K-pop performers. So if you want to make music, the good news is ...

It’s been four years since Limp Bizkit last released new music, and the rap-rock behemoths have returned with a song guaranteed to garner attention for its title alone: “Making Love to Morgan Wallen.” ...

Buck up, baby boomers. Sixty may not be the new 40, but 80 could soon be the new 60. A trove of new Alzheimer’s research suggests that medicines and lifestyle changes can not only slow but prevent, ...

Making art, whether it be pottery, poetry or dance, doesn't often rank highly on most people's daily list of to-dos. Carving out time for creativity can feel frivolous in an already busy day — but ...

Dr. Falk is a neuroscientist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. It can be hard to align a meaningful life with the human craving for instant gratification. Many of the goals we care ...

The ways in which humans can be triggered into making irrational decisions are many and varied. Investors make higher bids for stocks when the sun is shining. If you add paper packaging to a product ...

The reality series began on ABC in 2000, with Lou Pearlman, the man behind the boy bands the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, forming the group O-Town on the show. But it was the subsequent seasons, ...

What’s the big idea? Every moment is filled with how we’ve decided to spend our time, and that time defines us. We make value judgements (often automatically) of our options and follow similar ...