Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

The human brain is turning out to be much more complicated than scientists could have ever imagined (Credit: Mareen Fischinger/Forschungszentrum Jülich) Human brains are bigger than those of our ...

Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to ...

In an age where technology is quickly advancing, we are consistently told that it’s supposed to improve the way we communicate with one another. I don’t entirely agree. Technology only exists because ...

Human biology is the study of all aspects of the human organism including evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, development, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. A deep ...

The first human genome was mapped in 2001 as part of the Human Genome Project, but researchers knew it was neither complete nor completely accurate. Now, scientists have produced the most completely ...

Christopher Henshilwood (in Blombos Cave) dug at one of the most important early human sites partly out of proximity—it’s on his grandfather’s property. Centre for Development Studies, University of ...

Human-wildlife conflict has driven the decline of once-abundant species and is pushing others to the brink of extinction.

Artificial intelligence has come a long way since Alan Turing first speculated about the concept of the "thinking machine" in 1950, but there's still a significant gap between the popular conception ...

Human composting is the practice of breaking down human remains into fertile soil. The green burial movement, which is at the forefront of human composting, is an initiative dedicated to offering more ...