Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

This video explores a wide range of human traits and characteristics by examining how common or rare they are across the ...

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

Did you know humans might have had a third eye, if it weren't for evolution? A common misconception is that evolution is a ...

Sequencing nearly half a million genomes, researchers show that most additive genetic influences on height, lipids, and other complex traits are now directly measurable, while pinpointing ultra-rare ...

ByteDance has developed technology that enables humans to have a conversation with a "socially intelligent agent," as well as another agent. The technology is called introverted, intuitive, feeling, ...

Human Connectome Project (HCP) map of white matter tracts connecting various brain regions. Source: Courtesy of the Human Connectome Project In November 2013, I wrote a Psychology Today blog post ...

AI agents are getting better at sounding human, but new research suggests they are doing more than just copying our words. According to a recent study, popular AI models like ChatGPT can consistently ...