Most human cases of bird flu in North America have been mild, a fact that’s underscored by a new study of the first 46 ...

But the rate that we gather sensory data is 100 million times faster than our thought processes, making our brains champions ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

Human composting is and is emerging as an alternative to cremation and burial that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth ...

The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist ...

A 40-year-old mother was one of six people shot in a New York City convenience store when she was used as a shield by a suspected target, authorities said.

More human remains were found on a Southern California beach this week after a human leg first washed up along the shore on ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, best known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his tenure as the ...

Humans — some eight billion people weighing 120 million tons — account for only about one one-thousandth of Earth’s current ...