The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different from our closest relatives. Our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ritual dance honoring Yoruban ancestors is one of the countless examples of human culture. Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty ...

Comparisons of resting, active, and total metabolic quotients among various species and human populations, as defined by the Harvard researchers’ new method. Humans, it turns out, possess much higher ...

A bonobo tracked imaginary juice and pretend grapes in an experiment, challenging long-held assumptions about the abilities of nonhumans.

In my first reflection on AI and how to live well with AI technology I concluded, based on the recent lecture by Stephen Fry and the new book Nexus by Yuval Harari, that there was a manifest need for ...

Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about humans' unique breathing patterns, how a hotter planet worsens droughts, and the diets of dinosaurs. It is time, once again, for our science ...

Rogier Mars receives funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC) UK. Katherine Bryant does not work for, consult, own ...