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Warnings that artificial intelligence could end human civilization have shifted from science fiction to serious academic ...

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

Medney (" Beyond Kuiper ") and co-author Don Macnab-Stark have crafted an intelligent examination of the human condition in the 23rd century as it surges into an existential era of decision, and we’ve ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that ...

Pursuing a master’s degree had always been a dream, but becoming a new mom during the pandemic shifted everything. With a ...

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...