In a lengthy essay published this month, Dario Amodei argues that humanity is entering a dangerous phase of AI development.

“Hundreds of fossils representing over a dozen species of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and Homo had been found in the Afar ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

A fossilized foot discovered in Ethiopia and left unclassified for over a decade has now been linked to a little-known human ...

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

Philosophers are generally expected to display wisdom and calm in the face of existential questions. I am just not one of those philosophers. I spent 30 years racing away from these thoughts by ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US would take control of Venezuela’s massive oil reserves and recruit American companies to invest billions of dollars to refurbish the country’s gutted oil ...

Performances in N.Y.C. In “Marjorie Prime” and other works, Jordan Harrison delivers sweet-bitter anatomies of human connection mediated through technology destined to supersede us. In “Marjorie Prime ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

National Geographic Explorer Ronan Donovan, a wildlife biologist turned conservation photographer, will be coming to the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on Dec. 16 to explore what it means to be human in ...

Just weeks ago, controversy erupted over a new AI-powered app that reportedly, among other functions, enables users to build interactive avatars of deceased loved ones. “2wai,” as the device is called ...