Mike C. writes: I have seen some odd black spots on some cottontail rabbits. Like the fur is missing and instead is a black spot. If I send pictures, might someone be able to help determine what it ...

After years of misfires, artificial-intelligence hacking tools have become dangerously good. So good that they are even surpassing some human hackers, according to a novel experiment conducted ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots still need plenty of help from a human teleoperator who’s hidden from view. During a flashy event on a Hollywood movie studio lot in October 2024, for instance, an army ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...