Earlier migrations relied on “green corridors”—temporary windows of perfect weather that allowed people to move through ...

On a small Indonesian island, a tiny human species once thrived in caves above a lush river valley, only to vanish as the landscape around them withered. New research argues that a brutal, 6,000-year ...

Humans are tiny, yet sometimes the world reminds us how enormous or minuscule everything else really is. Gigantic machines, towering statues, and even oversized food make ordinary people look like ...

Have you ever had one of those moments where the sheer vastness of the world or the universe completely blows your mind? It might happen while lying on the hood of your car, gazing at the stars on a ...

Levenson (Money for Nothing), a professor of science writing at MIT, delivers a penetrating chronicle of humanity’s fight against microorganisms. Among other milestones, he describes how Dutch ...