In “The Invention of Prehistory,” the historian Stefanos Geroulanos argues that many of our theories about our remote ancestors tell…
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The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny…
The world’s leading institution on geology declined a proposal on Wednesday to confirm that the planet has entered a new…
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
Mr. Musk says in his complaint that the company’s technology is now so good that it must be made freely…
War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…
Fifty years on, Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death” remains an essential, surprisingly upbeat guide to our final act on…
A fake Drake/Weeknd mash-up is not a threat to our species’s culture. It’s a warning: We can’t let our imaginations…
The robots of literature and movies usually present either an existential danger or an erotic frisson. Those who don’t follow…
Winston, an older silverback, is getting enviable medical treatment. Now his keepers must confront an issue that vexes doctors and…