Six new books by Berkshire authors explore connection, love, loss and community, from memoirs and romance to mysteries and ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Medieval historian Dr. Juliette Wood joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about folklore. Director: Lauren ...

To compare Mr. Kirk to St. Paul risks confusing the true witness of the Gospel and giving undue sanction to words and actions ...

The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

New fossil finds in Kenya reveal that Paranthropus boisei had human-like hands and feet, ending a long debate over its ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

You have to run a quick errand and it’s not worth battling your kid to put on their shoes and get in the car. Honestly, it would be easier to leave them at home — but is that legal? Bottom line: It's ...

Existing on the blurry line between ancient and modern, Homo heidelbergensis may have been a direct ancestor of both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Its skeletal remains continue to challenge how we ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...