A new brain device from Northwestern University is asking a daring question: what if information could reach your brain ...

Some women climax into laughter, tears, or pain — and science is finally explaining why that doesn’t mean something is wrong.

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 ...

From laundry-folding robot butlers to fancy alarm clocks and lollipops that play music in your head, here’s a rundown of some ...

We rely on smell more than most people may realize. Across mammals, scent guides feeding, warns of danger, and shapes social ...

A new approach using the hyoid bone uncovered distinct growth patterns. A new study has brought clarity to a long-running ...

For most people, the loss of a sense such as sight is devastating, not only for intensifying vulnerability, but for ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...