The Last of Us Season 2 is now streaming, so find out about all the infected zombie types and their mutation stages in the franchise.

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom: how they work, why they've taken the form they have, and the ...

Current approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) are unlikely to create models that can match human intelligence, according to a recent survey of industry experts.

According to three Stanford scientists, lack of human biological material is a “major bottleneck to progress” for medical research. A steadily growing idea is one known as “bodyoids ...

Until now, however, there has been no synthesis of the extent of human intervention in nature and whether the effects can be found everywhere in the world and in all groups of organisms.

It is arguably our most valuable human commodity. From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge. Today we stand on the brink of the ...

Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages. Why do we hear about medical breakthroughs in mice, but rarely see them translate into ...

The research was published in the Journal of Human Evolution. “It is estimated that this individual, probably a female, was only about a meter tall and 27 kg when it died, making it even smaller than ...

However, new research has not only challenged this view, it has simultaneously spawned a new mystery surrounding human evolution. Using full genome sequencing, researchers discovered that modern ...

What's more, according to their analysis of modern human DNA, one of these isolated populations left a stronger legacy in our genes than the other. "The question of where we come from is one that has ...