The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

As artificial intelligence becomes more emotionally fluent, we are being asked to reconsider what empathy really is. Why is ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...

The crackle of electricity inside your brain has long been too complex to decode. Artificial intelligence is changing that. The woman didn't move, apart from the rise and fall of her breathing – eyes ...

The human brain is a biological anomaly—a greedy, high-maintenance organ that consumes 20% of our total daily calories despite making up only 2% of our body weight. For decades, evolutionary ...