Human Beings

Flightless bird species were more diverse, common before human-driven extinctions

Most islands on Earth had flightless birds on them before humans emerged as the dominant species.

Our Neanderthal ancestors were most sensitive to pain than us; scientists specify genes responsible

People with the Neanderthal variant of the gene were found to experience 'pain more often than those who did not'.

Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are infecting humans, cattle due to intensive farming techniques

Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity increase the likelihood of pathogens becoming a public health risk.

'Should not have any serious hope to escape the Earth' says Nobel laureate on climate change

He said that we’re not built to survive any other planet and we should spend our time and energy trying to fix it.

Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here's why you should be worried

Elon Musk's Neuralink is developing a brain implant to connect people’s minds directly to a computer.

Humans are not the ultimate beings on earth, there are many in animal, avian, marine spheres that have similar skills and feelings

The human is the ultimate cannibal: eating his own kind, humans in another form, again and again.

Genetic studies show that human beings lead to the extinction of the cave bear

Homo sapiens originated in Africa more than 300,000 years ago and later spreading worldwide.

Footprints on the Moon, Cemeteries on Mars: Words in space archaeology with Alice Gorman

Alice Gorman, works on space junk in Earth orbit, deep space probes, and planetary landing sites.

A chunk of skull found in Greece is the earliest sign of humans outside of Africa

Its est to be 210,000 years old and shows our species began leaving Africa earlier than we thought.

People from war zones more likely to suffer from mental illnesses like depression

There is a need for mental health support for people who live in long-term war zones as their numbers are significantly higher.