Tech CEOs are locked in an artificial intelligence "arms race" that risks wiping out humanity, top computer science ...

How humanity nearly went extinct 70,000 years ago.

The risk of human extinction due to uncontrolled AI development is significant, emphasizing the need for immediate action.

Like depictions of the horrors of war may ennoble it, dire warnings about the AI future only make the technology seem ...

Our DNA reveals extinct "ghost lineages" that shaped human evolution, painting a complex, "braided stream" of history rather than a simple progression. These ancient groups, leaving no fossils, ...

Nobel Prize Winner and ‘godfather’ of artificial intelligence Geoffrey Hinton warns if AI continues to develop without appropriate guardrails, a worst-case scenario could unfold and lead to human ...

Dashiell Hammett mentioned Sam Spade's jutting chin in the opening sentence of his novel, "The Maltese Falcon." Spade's chin ...

This is the unsettling arc of Homo sapiens, from a precarious African species to the first creature capable of reshaping Earth’s climate and biosphere. Drawn from Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...