We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so straightforward, especially not when it comes to the most socially complex species ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth after a nine-month-long stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The two astronauts flew to the orbital lab in June last ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a ...

Spending time in space and having an unrivalled view of planet Earth is an experience many of us dream of. However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the ...

It was a mission that lasted far longer than planned. United States astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore went to space on board the Boeing Starliner Calypso on June ...

A humanoid machine called Apollo has just taken a tentative, slightly jerky, but significant step forward in the robot revolution. The 5'8" tall robot performed the first public demonstration in a ...

Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment - these are just a few of the challenges space travellers face on long-duration missions, even before considering the ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis ...

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A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.