Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

A neural network image analysis method will help track the movement of microparticles in the Earth's atmosphere and space.

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A major research study is challenging one of evolution’s most influential ideas: that most genetic changes that become permanent are essentially neutral. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...

How do disparities emerge in candidate selection processes? The interactive story “Ranks of Disparity” allows users to navigate a university admissions scenario, rank candidates, and learn how ...

"Insanity is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche Something feels profoundly wrong with our world, doesn't it? That constant knot ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...