Humans

World population tops 8 billion, but there are signs growth is slowing

Our numbers have swelled by roughly a third over the last 24 years.

By Cassidy Ward | 

2 months ago

Think you have thick skin? You’re literally right

Tell that to whoever says your skin is too thin. 

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

8 months ago

Humans were taking over Europe much earlier than we thought 

And you thought they were too primitive.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

11 months ago

Turns out Homo sapiens are older than we previously thought... like, way older

The earliest members of our species go back... 230,000 years back

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Makeup was lethal 5,000 years ago, because it was laced with mercury

The earliest cases of human mercury poisoning were caused by a red pigment made from cinnabar.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Dinosaur pets! Ancient humans hatched and raised giant dino-birds

It's a living.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 year ago

Cooperation might have cost us a chunk of our brains 3,000 years ago!

You can have civilization, but it's going to cost you.

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 year ago

Newly unearthed human species 'Homo bodoensis' might be our direct ancestor

Homo bodoensis is a human ancestor that was discovered through existing fossils mistaken for other species.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

WIRE Buzz: Stranger Things posters and footage take in sun; Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels names cast; more

By Jacob Oller | 

3 years ago

The Human Cube: The volume of humanity

By Phil Plait | 

4 years ago