Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

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I’m not a young stuntman anymore. I started to roll but hit the dirt with my shoulder. So, I wrecked my shoulder.” ...

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William Shatner says a recent fall from one of his horses left him with a serious shoulder injury — and now the legendary actor is preparing for surgery.

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Matières Fécales presented a collection inspired by the One Percent at Paris Fashion Week, and beauty was key to telling the ...

Some people said the man who accepted Jim Carrey’s Honorary César award last week was a clone of the actor. Some said it was a drag queen in elaborate prosthetics. Most everyone agreed that the Carrey ...

The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time here. Modern physics ...

Over hundreds of thousands of years, humans somehow evolved a type of intelligence found nowhere else in the animal kingdom, at least on Earth. According to the most famous theory describing the ...

When we imagine alien life, we picture monsters, insects, or tentacles—but what if the most realistic aliens are human-like? Evolution tends to solve the same problems with similar designs, and ...