An ancient reference to mysterious beings—often called Nephilim—has resurfaced in modern conversations about human origins.

A small detail in the art of The Magician's Nephew hints at the larger role that the demonic, bird-like god Tash has in the ...

A new class of medicines offers steadier protection with fewer injections, while gene therapy is beginning to test the promise of a one-time treatment.

Scientists have identified the genetic cause behind the mysterious AnWj blood group antigen, solving a puzzle that began in 1972 and establishing a new blood group system called MAL. The discovery ...

Artificial intelligence is making editors do strange things, like second-guess skills built over entire careers or blanch at the sight of punctuation marks. This manifested at the recent ACES: The ...

For decades, there has been a predictable formula for success in the white-collar world. “Knowing more than other people was what made you valuable in knowledge work by definition,” says Adam Grant, ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a rebranding of the term “artificial intelligence,” saying during the United Nations General Assembly that from now on, it will be called “super ...

McDonald’s spent years steering customers toward kiosks, apps, and digital ordering. On September 23, it laid out its growth plan for investors. Now the focus is retraining more than two million ...

Artificial intelligence could kill the entire human species, according to people in the artificial intelligence industry. Specifically, they say, it could exterminate humanity within the decade.

This article is part of a special package on “Impossible Questions”—scientific quandaries that may never get definitive answers. Read the rest of the collection here. Humans may be the only creatures ...