Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

This past fall, the Youngstown State football team stumbled to a 4-8 record after making the FCS playoffs the previous season ...

Penn State University’s Beaver Campus in Monaca will be getting a new animal diagnostic lab. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office on ...

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen shares her views on football coach Lincoln Riley, how she is adapting to a new pay era ...

Learn how Deborah Addo, interim CEO of Penn State Health, is leading the system through transformative changes and positioning it for future success.

While a federal judge has paused the funding cuts, the uncertainty has researchers concerned about the future of scientific ...

I really don’t want to complain, but I’m going to do so. This year, we have just 24 days to hunt spring gobbler because of a ...