The khipu knot-tying system was thought to have only been used by elites, but one artifact suggests commoners, too, knew how ...

Lights On has acquired world rights to Cambodian director Polen Ly's debut feature 'Becoming Human,' which will have its ...

Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than ...

Reports of human rights abuses are piling up as the number of people in immigrant detention reaches all-time highs.

Lucy was recovered in Ethiopia in 1974 from what was an ancient lake near fossilized remains of crocodiles, turtle eggs and ...

The rise in health insurance premiums is being driven by a number of factors, including the cost and use of health care ...

"It's actually surprisingly common for pet owners to miss the early signs of pregnancy," an expert told Newsweek.

Within a month of a multi-agency task force being launched to target border crime, and an FBI Summer Heat Initiative, another ...

Environmental groups and independent scientists are criticizing a report assembled by a small team of well-known climate ...

Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a small but powerful section of DNA, called HAR123, that could help explain what makes the human brain so unique. Instead of being a gene, HAR123 acts like a ...

Fossilized teeth discovered in Ethiopia have revealed a new-to-science species of Australopithecus, a genus of early hominins ...

Almost all human languages follow Zipf's law of abbreviation – and it turns out, so do bird songs. This strange observation ...