As we go through life, our brains run different processing modes. Some—the attention and sensory systems—result in very similar experiences of the world: what color the sky is, how warm the day feels.

Yale University’s Mark Sheskin will answer that question at the 10th annual Darwin Day Dinner, an event which includes cocktail hour, dinner, and science quiz (with prizes), on Saturday evening, Feb.

“What Makes Us Human?” is a biweekly column in which Emi Sakamoto ’28 investigates the interdisciplinary criteria whereby we might better respond to this metaphysically contested question. Amid our ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern ...

This article was co-authored by Dr. Joseph Michalski, Associate Dean at King’s University College at Western, Canada. This rather extended blog on what makes humans different first reviews a recent ...

Yale-led researchers recently conducted a massive and detailed comparative analysis of human, chimpanzee and macaque brains. Their paper, "Molecular and Cellular Reorganization of Neural Circuits in ...