How should we represent humankind to aliens? With Pioneer 10 and 11, Nasa fell short. Next time, we must do better ...

The sukkah is a poem of leaves and sky. It is a dwelling that refuses to be a wall, a home that insists on its own impermanence. When the Torah bids us “dwell” it asks for a posture of belonging that ...

The detailed survey seeks to rethink how people understood, and gave meaning to, the body and its portrayal in the period ...

Finally, Dunbar describes an outer ring bringing the total to 150 and including an additional 100 people you would invite to your once-in-a-lifetime big events like a wedding or “wouldn’t feel ...

No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the ...

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

As a kid of the 1970s, Mary Roach sat in front of the TV watching “The Six Million Dollar Man” promise a techno-rebirth. “We can rebuild him,” the narrator intoned. “Better than he was before. Better.

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - Human remains were found in a wooded area of Campbell County on Wednesday. According to the Bellevue Police Department, officers responded to the woods between Kroger and ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

Under special conditions, some cells of the pancreas can produce the hormone GLP-1, mimicked by popular diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, according to a new study that upends what we knew about ...