Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a by-product of other traits shaped by natural selection ...

Abstract: Tools extend the manipulation abilities of robots, much like they do for humans. Despite human expertise in tool manipulation, teaching robots these skills faces challenges. The complexity ...

Thomas Kuhn, the 20th-century historian of science who coined the phrase “paradigm shift,” had a name for such breakdowns in ...

Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

Jane Goodall, without formal university training, revolutionized primatology by observing chimpanzees with patience and ...

Sixty thousand years ago, humans in southern Africa were already mastering nature’s chemistry. Scientists have discovered ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

Veronika is a brown cow. Her ability to employ tools with multiple uses leaves her in the company of only two known species: ...

The result is a problem we rarely discuss openly: research that looks promising in animals but collapses when applied to humans. Time is lost. Resources are wasted. Patients wait longer for answers ...

However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

Rooks are smart enough to use tools and solve puzzles, and at one theme park they even learned to clean up human trash.