We've been aware of the species Homo neanderthalensis, commonly known as Neanderthals, since the first bones were found in Germany's Neander Valley in 1854. Our image of Neanderthals has undergone a massive makeover in the last 50 years, from cave-dwellin... See more
A 2017 graduate of California Institute of Technology and a 2025 recipient of a master’s degree in computer science from California State University, Dominguez Hills, Cole Tomas Allen apparently lived a quiet life in Torrance, Calif., a suburb of Los Ange... See more
The dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) have been the stuff of science fiction for decades. Now that AI is here and growing faster than even the designers believed possible, what to do about it is rapidly becoming the question of the age. AI is not "o... See more
I graduated from college in 1976. Higher education was in a state of maximum flux at that time, and the idea of "required courses" was fast disappearing. When I entered college, there were four courses every student needed for graduation. By the time I gr... See more
How can you live to be 100? Ten years ago, scientists would have "focused on avoiding disease, keeping cholesterol low, blood sugar controlled, organs functioning within textbook 'normal' ranges," writes Taayoo Murray in Popular Mechanics. That's not nece... See more
