Musk wants to send the first uncrewed Starship to Mars by the end of 2026, followed by human spaceflights in the years after. The first humans on Mars would be tasked with laying the groundwork to ...

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

This week, scientists digging in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert have discovered a new species of pachycephalosaur that pushes back their emergence by 15 million years. We now have the first-ever full history ...

The most dangerous myths are the ones we don’t see. Human exceptionalism—the belief that humans are fundamentally separate from and superior to the rest of nature—is one of those myths. It’s embedded ...

When we picture the first humans on Mars, we imagine astronauts planting flags and taking their first steps. But the reality ...

Ares' taps into raw emotion and seeks to answer existential question of the moment: How can humans and AI co-exist?

Health officials say the immediate threat is low — but the parasite’s arrival could have massive economic consequences, with billions in potential agricultural losses at stake. Stacey Leasca is an ...

The United States' civil space agency NASA has announced plans to launch a crewed mission around the moon in April next year, ...