If people populated the Earth before us, would we even know? That’s the question explored by the Silurian Hypothesis — and it ...

It's no secret, technology is changing humanity and human society. We don't even know how much technology will come to alter our lives, but we can see that it is happening. We are glued to our phones.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

By Will Dunham June 12 (Reuters) - Uruk, the world's first metropolis and the birthplace of written language, was nourished by the Euphrates River, as was Babylon, ancient Mesopotamia's grandest city.

No animal has played so central a role in human civilization than Equus ferus caballus—the domesticated horse. A new study from an international team of scientists discovered that the horse was ...

Though poorly understood, humankind can survive on this planet only by embracing viable systems of international law. More than anything else, these world-centered legal systems must be founded upon ...

Tools like artificial intelligence amplify the moral condition of the people wielding them.