From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge for centuries.

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

A study focusing on analyzing cell models found universality in their movement—an important discovery that could impact both ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Made by combining several emerging technologies, human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

Human Rights Watch champions human rights law to force governments to protect people and prevent corporations from continuing to cause extreme environmental degradation.

Fossilized bone fragments unearthed in a cave in northern Spain in 2022 have revealed a previously unknown human population that lived more than 1.1 million years ago, according to new research.

The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Justice for victims of human trafficking in Cameroon has been impeded by social stigma, inadequate financial resources, as well as lack of clarity in the laws. During a ...