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Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years.

During scrolling, the brain processes visuals quickly not critically, making it easy to miss details that reveal a fake. As technology advances, slow down, look closer and think critically.

Cachexia, or wasting syndrome, causes around 80% of patients with advanced cancer to withdraw from life.

An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that's exactly what modern science supports.

Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman has worked closely with SpaceX. He expressed an interest in sending missions to both the Moon and Mars if confirmed.

AI can process data from wearable devices to better monitor your health and detect problems sooner. The trick is teaching AI algorithms how to cut through the noise.

The law is the balance point between limiting hate speech and misinformation and keeping censorship in check. Here's what could happen if Congress kicks it out from under the internet.

The Trump administration's job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won't change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.

Computing pioneer Alan Turing suggested training machines with rewards and punishments. Two computer scientists put the idea into practice in the 1980s and set the stage for the likes of ChatGPT.

Alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the US, accounting for tens of thousands of cancer deaths per year.