As emergency rooms see more patients with respiratory complications, hospitals are being asked to test for possible bird flu in humans.

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move ...

Carbon dating of teeth fragments found in Brazil reveals that some species persisted for thousands of years longer than ...

The rapid improvement of AI technology has been accompanied by dire warnings that AI could soon automate away millions of ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

Scientists have identified NOVA1, a unique human language gene that may have played a key role in the evolution of spoken ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible ...

A supercomputer simulation reveals that extreme heat, volcanic activity, and harsh conditions could drive humanity extinct.

In 1999, 600 students packed the Boyd Auditorium to hear UT professor Tim Rowe presented a bold hypothesis: dinosaurs never ...