Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

Stone tools discovered decades ago in a Polish cave have been reexamined using modern methods, revealing an age far older than previously believed. Dated to between 450,000 and 550,000 years ago, the ...

Researchers have finally assigned a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, confirming that Lucy’s species wasn’t alone in ancient Ethiopia. This hominin had an opposable big ...

As 2025 comes to a close, one of the most significant stories in music, which will surely grow in importance in the coming years, is who—or what—will be singing the songs of the future. Recently a ...

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to grow human organs in animals for medical transplants. A study by UT ...

As AI, automation, and robotics scale into every part of our lives, we are feeling the familiar buzz—and—subsequent hangover of a brand new “brave new world.” Bold promises abound while valuations ...

According to a recent poll of 500 global CEOs, 94% believe AI could offer better counsel than at least one of their human board members. In October 2025, Samruk-Kazyna, the National Wealth Fund of ...

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Promotion for Emma Stone’s new horror-comedy “Bugonia” is getting pretty meta with the launch of a new website that’s centered on bringing the truth to light about Auxolith CEO Michelle Fuller.

What’s happened? There’s more to love than romance novels: some people are actually marrying AI chatbots or getting involved in deeply romantic relationships with AI personalities. NEW: Man proposes ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers' bullpen will be down another arm entering Game 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies, as former closer Tanner Scott was removed from the active NLDS roster.

A superb fairy-wren calls to a Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo. Brood parasites like cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests and leave them behind for the host birds to raise. David Ongley / Cornell Lab of ...