New research suggests humans are undergoing a major evolutionary shift, with culture taking the lead over genetics in shaping ...

The authors, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, mean that very literally: a superintelligence — an AI that’s smarter than any ...

There’s a problem with that “March of Progress” picture that’s so often used to illustrate our species’ development: it ends. Human evolution, the image implies, began in apehood and finishes here, ...

Scientists are re-examining whether genetic changes remain the primary catalyst of human evolution, or if another factor has become more influential.

The Lodha Foundation has partnered with IISER Pune to launch a hands-on, fully-funded programme under Lodha Genius. It will ...

The evolutionary blueprint for hands was borrowed in part from a much older genetic plan for our nether regions, a new study ...

One of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, McEwan is the author of 19 novels—including the Booker Prize–winning ...