A recent scientific study suggests that the human body may be able to detect the presence of hidden objects even before direct contact happens, especially in ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by humans. And therefore, supposedly, life today has become more boring than, ...