Dostoevsky’s quote of the day reflects on life’s deeper purpose, reminding readers that true meaning lies not in survival ...

“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen’s 1986 song of the same name. The answer: Quite a few people – so much so that life extension has long been a cottage industry. As ...

As we gather today for the 52nd annual March for Life – the world’s largest annual human rights demonstration – we mark a time of new beginnings. Earlier this week our country welcomed a new ...

Edward O. Wilson is simultaneously one of my intellectual heroes and someone who frustrates me enormously, and these conflicting feelings were once again stirred as I read his most recent book, The ...

Most of us do it, be it romantic, familial, friendly or formal, but kissing among humans and where and how it originated is still hotly debated among historians and anthropologists. Now a new theory ...

Would higher taxes on Earth's elite be more beneficial to the global population's health than all the life-extension science Bezos billions can fund? Reading time 3 minutes A growing area of ...

Earth has been a witness to extraordinary transformations throughout its 4.5-billion-year history. Five mass extinction events have dramatically reshaped the planet’s biological landscape, with each ...

Misinformation is usually framed as a uniquely human failing, a byproduct of social media feeds, partisan politics, and click-driven news cycles. A growing body of research now argues something more ...

Human life expectancy has potentially been pushed to the max, new research suggests. The recent increase in people's longevity appears to be slowing down despite new developments in medicine, ...