Baldovino’s story from July of 1963—and that of his instrument—are among the subjects of Kate Kennedy’s absorbing book, “Cello.” Ms. Kennedy, the co-director of the Oxford Centre for ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

One figure widely quoted by pest control companies: There are 1,000 pounds of termites for every human on Earth. If you like big numbers, the 2018 report is delicious reading. Recently ...

Human composting turns bodies into soil by speeding up “what happens on the forest floor,” according to Tom Harries, CEO of Earth Funeral, the human composting company the Muckenhoupt family ...

However, a fateful encounter with narcissistic soccer player Kang Si Yeol accidentally turns her human. Now, facing an ultimatum to fully embrace humanity or vanish, Eun Ho navigates this unwanted ...

A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said. By Carl Zimmer In our digital age ...

Elija Perrier receives funding from the Australian government. A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”.

Through what I call “Infinite Education,” we can foster human value, ingenuity and ethical thinking to complement rather than compete with intelligent machines. In place of outdated ...

The long-held theory of human evolution says that modern humans originated in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world. However, that “out of Africa” model is being challenged by a ...