In a world increasingly shaped by secularism and scientific empiricism, a paradox emerges: the enduring belief that history has direction, meaning and purpose—a secularized form of providentialism.

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating piece of the puzzle surrounding the origins of human language, suggesting that a ...

Francis Fukuyama, a little-known Sovietologist and deputy director of the State Department’s Office of Policy Planning, published an article in a Washington journal, The National Interest, that made ...

A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

A new study reveals how AI-driven deep learning models can decode the genetic regulatory switches that define brain cell ...

Explore how birds independently developed complex brain circuits, challenging beliefs about brain evolution and ancestry.

The deeper question with respect to understanding the extraordinary events of the mid to late 19th and early 20th century is ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...