Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

What scientists do know from limited laboratory experiments and astronaut data is that space presents a demanding environment ...

As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health ...

New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors ...

How do eel’s reproduce? New Budweiser Super Bowl ad Inside one company’s secret plan to destructively scan every book in the world China planted billions of trees ... and accidentally moved its rain ...

Research suggests autonomous vehicles are involved in accidents much less often than human drivers. Is this because the technology is truly superior? Or is it because there are far fewer self-driving ...

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

How do human relationships compare with those of other mammals? A new study from the University of Cambridge offers fresh insight by ranking species based on monogamy levels. The team used a simple ...

A wolf was filmed pulling bait out of a submerged crab trap — with some experts howling with glee that it could be the first documented evidence of the beasts using tools. The female wolf was recently ...

Kissing, for all popularity, is a bit of a mystery. Scientists have long debated when humans’ ancestors first put their lips together, and whether the act is simply a cultural trait. A new study ...