A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in human evolution—brain growth and the reduction in the size of the face and ...

Arguably one of the most curious ancient human relatives is Homo floresiensis, a 3-foot-tall species that lived on the ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

You might think that legendary sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke would've adored the Star Trek franchise, but that wasn't ...

The ongoing season of “Rick and Morty” continues to leave a lasting impact on viewers with each of its brilliant episodes, with the latest one, “Mortgully: The Last Rickforest,” making learning about ...

The inhabitants probably hadn’t mastered fire-making, but researchers say they may have moved and maintained flames from a ...

While laughing seems uniquely human, it is not. Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various ...

Scientists suggest that advanced aliens might not have physical bodies, challenging traditional views of extraterrestrial ...

From "Independence Day" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", movies and TV shows are packed with advice for anyone aspiring ...

An ancient human ancestor called Homo floresiensis was likely a scavenger who subsisted on the scraps left behind by the ...

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones ...