Marriage equality is once again a topic of conversation in the Ohio legislature, although—this time—the debate isn’t about the marriage between two humans but, instead, between humans and software.

New research explores how diet, evolution, and facial anatomy may have shaped our modern smiles. Studies of ancient skulls show wider jaws and fewer malocclusions, leading researchers to explore how ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. How do computers see the world? It’s ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. When we think about tricky places for humans to live, our ...

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from Anatolia into Europe. Archaeologists uncovered 138 Paleolithic tools across ...

Thousands of years ago, wild beasts became partners in survival. This was the moment humans began reshaping nature itself. 'Tragedy averted' at Atlanta Airport as police arrest man with AR-15 ...

A new genetic study claims alien DNA could be inserted into humans. Dr. Max Rempel, a molecular biologist with a PhD from the Institute of Gene Biology in Moscow, believes strands of non-human DNA, ...

A union between human and machine? Not on this Ohio Republican’s watch. A bill introduced last month by Buckeye state representative Thaddeus Claggett, from Licking County, would block AI systems from ...

For the first time possibly ever, there is not a single ad to be seen in Grand Central Terminal. “Humans of New York,” Brandon Stanton‘s popular social media art series of photographs of people he’s ...

When we picture the first humans on Mars, we imagine astronauts planting flags and taking their first steps. But the reality might look very different. Long before people ever arrive, intelligent ...

Eric Oliver is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and the author of the forthcoming book “How to Know Your Self: The Art and Science of Discovering Who You Really Are.” The ...