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No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s multifaceted and multifunctional design. They are strong enough ...

For decades, scientists believed modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage. However, new research has not only challenged this view, it has simultaneously spawned a new mystery ...

Can humans really go to Mars? Mars shares reasonable similarities with Earth. Similar tilt axis, summer and winter seasons, clouds, volcanoes, polar ice caps, much more. A Martian day (sol) is only 40 ...

Undoubtedly. But as we report this week, Mr Johnson is not alone. He is part of a growing movement that sees the human body as just another piece of hardware to be hacked, optimised and upgraded.

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly ...

The similarities between human and parrot brains may reflect two species solving a problem in a similar way, neurally speaking. These parallels could be “a very tidy example of convergent ...

Artificial superintelligence is commonly understood as AI systems more advanced than human thinking. Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says that people will still be the boss of AI.

Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems can’t beat humans on long tasks, but they’re improving at a rapid pace and could close the gap sooner than many anticipated, according to an ...

However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years from which to fully recover. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ...

The evolutionary path leading to the rise of modern humans is full of twists and turns, and the latest surprise reveals that our species likely sprung forth from two ancient intermingling populations.

Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope showed that more galaxies rotate in one direction than the other. According to one researcher, this could mean that the universe is actually ...