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Were Neanderthals, Denisovans and Other Archaic Humans Victims of Sixth Mass Extinction?

Neanderthal. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.
Dec 1, 2019 by The Conversation

Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum. Neanderthals were stocky hunters adapted to Europe’s cold steppes, their enigmatic cousins Denisovans inhabited Asia, while the more primitive Homo erectus lived in Indonesia, and Homo rhodesiensis in central Africa. Several short, small-brained species survived alongside them: Homo naledi in South...

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Internet access should be considered a universal entitlement because it is necessary for people to be able to lead minimally decent lives. Image credit: Pete Linforth.

Internet Access Must Be Considered as Basic Human Right, Researcher Says

Nov 21, 2019 by News Staff

Internet access is a moral human right that requires that everyone has unmonitored and uncensored access to this global medium, which should be publicly...

Wells et al estimate that there should be at least 10 -- currently undiscovered -- exoplanets which are favorably located to detect the Earth and are capable of sustaining life as we know it. Image credit: NASA.

Humanity May Be Only Intelligent Life in Our Galaxy, or Even Universe

Oct 24, 2019 by The Conversation

Are we alone in the Universe? It comes down to whether intelligence is a probable outcome of natural selection, or an improbable fluke. By definition,...

Jumping Frenchmen of Maine, a rare disorder characterized by an unusually extreme startle reaction, is similar to Latah. It was first identified during the 19th century in Maine and Quebec among an isolated population of lumberjacks of French Canadian descent. This image shows a group of lumberjacks who have just downed a giant sequoia (California, 1905). Image credit: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Culture-Bound Syndromes: Entire Disease Category Your Doctor May Be Missing

May 23, 2016 by Rafid Rahman

Jumping Frenchmen of Maine, a rare disorder characterized by an unusually extreme startle reaction, is similar to Latah. It was first identified during...

Science policy suggestions for the upcoming Indian national elections. Image credit: Jak / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Science Policy Suggestions for Upcoming Indian National Elections

Mar 18, 2014 by Sukant Khurana

While political apathy to many pressing problems of India is glaring, one key area of national concern, generates some hope. Looking at the successive...

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