A self-driving car is traveling alone when a person and a dog suddenly appear in front of it. Whom should the car be programmed to hit? This was the question posed by MIT’s ‘Moral Machine’ project, ...

Ancient seas left an expanse of rolling gypsum dunes known as White Sands in New Mexico, and within this surreal landscape lies evidence that humans have roamed the Americas for at least 20,000 years.

Nations are, as the Anglo-Irish historian Benedict Anderson put it, “imagined communities”; they only exist because we ...

The America First human rights focus is primarily based on protecting freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of thought and conscience, and freedom of expression, as well as respect for ...

Activists and former officials are alarmed by the way the Trump administration is changing the way the U.S. promotes human rights around the world. Activists for human rights are concerned about the ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. A central plot point in the human story is our species’ ...

The recently released U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports have stirred significant controversy about notable cuts in length and issue coverage, delayed release, and perceived bias, ...

The UN human rights chief said Friday that US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are “unacceptable” and ...

Some of the biggest American names in comedy have signed up to perform at a festival in Saudi Arabia, and they're being urged to speak out against the country's human rights abuses — and not to be ...