A new study suggests humans are still evolving and ‘at a faster rate than at any point in the past 250 years.’ Scientists found an increase prevalence of an artery in the forearm, which typically disappears at birth, since the late 19th century. Called the median artery, as the structure begins to disappear, two other … Read more
Keep finding your way to the biscuit tin? Humans are better at remembering the location of high-calorie foods than healthy snacks because of our ‘hunter-gatherer instincts’ to avoid starvation Researchers from the Netherlands tested the spatial memory of 512 participants Each subject explored a room dotted with real food or food-odour samples As they walked … Read more
Humans are better at remembering where we left junk food than healthy snacks because of our ‘hunter-gatherer instincts’ to avoid starvation by seeking out high-calorie foods By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 16:01 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 16:04 BST, 8 October 2020 The ‘hunter-gather instincts’ that helped our ancestors avoid starvation by seeking … Read more
Giant beasts that roamed Southeast Asia 100,000 years ago alongside our ancient human ancestors were killed off by climate change, researchers claim. Elephants the size of double decker buses, the biggest ape that ever lived, and Homo erectus were all driven to extinction by a loss of grassland as the climate changed. Looking at chemical … Read more
Covid-19 has killed more than one million people worldwide and experts warn that it could become a ‘multi-species’ pandemic unless humans are careful not to infect wild animals. Researchers have again found that the strain of coronavirus which causes Covid-19, called SARS-CoV-2, can infect many animal species and not just humans. While the biggest threat … Read more
Elon Musk has a plan to ensure the long-term survival of humanity – we must become a interplanetary species in a space-fairing civilization. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was a guest on the podcast ‘Sway,’ where he revealed details of the Starship rocket set to take people to Mars and a few bits of ‘doom … Read more
Elon Musk has a plan to ensure the long-term survival of humanity – we must become a interplanetary species in a space fairing civilization. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was a guest on the podcast ‘Sway,’ where he revealed details of the Starship rocket set to take people to Mars and a few bits of … Read more
Amazon’s Alexa will ask humans questions using a new ‘teachable’ AI to help the virtual assistant improve its conversation skills Amazon announced new Alexa features during its annual product event The firm is adding AI to the virtual assistant to improve its communication skills Alexa will now ask users questions to fill in gaps when … Read more
Animals such as mammals, birds and reptiles lose their fear of predators after they start encountering humans, experts say. Biologists analysed nearly 200 scientific studies to investigate changes in different ‘anti-predator’ traits – which can help an animal outwit a predator and escape with their lives – following human contact. Contact with humans – such as … Read more
‘I have no desire to wipe out humans’: Artificial intelligence system writes an essay for The Guardian to convince readers that robots will NOT destroy our species A robot called GPT-3 wrote an article for The Guardian on artificial intelligence Task of the essay was to convince human readers they are safe from robots End … Read more