Prepare to rethink ancient myths, explore the depths of the human mind and do more in these new books by Anders Nilsen, María Medem, Jason Novak and Rachel Ang.

I was taking a shower, basking in the scent of my green tea shampoo when — poof! — a phrase popped into my mind like a gift from the muses. “Words, like pixie dust, falling down.” ...

Call it God’s work, but a world without art is a world without humans. Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde knew it, “What ...

He asked jurors to consider why he would have been risking disposing of Mr Everett’s remains while Mr Polchowski continued ...

AI-enabled conversational agents (CAs) are transforming customer service by enhancing job identity and organizational ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human ...

Some days, for all of us, it is nearly impossible not to feel discouraged. Further, as a human, I recognize that people are suffering. It has been this way most of my life. On the web, I can find ...

Before I explore what a human-AI partnership could look like, it’s helpful to understand what each side brings to the table. AI offers several distinct strengths that complement human weaknesses ...

When the team took a closer look at the ochre-stained bones, they were surprised to find that the “Lapedo child” had a mix of both Neanderthal and human features. Using radiocarbon dating ...

Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its ...

The region has made an “unparalleled contribution to our understanding of early human evolution,” as study co-author Jackson Njau, a paleoanthropologist at Indiana University, tells CNN’s ...