Philosopher, theologian and former presidential candidate Cornel West spoke on intellectual history in a lecture to students in the Structured Liberal Education (SLE) program at Florence Moore Hall ...

In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for his alive-and-dead cat, clearly relished a brainteaser. Today, there is still no good definition. Life is ...

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA is helping to fill in the blanks, and the findings shake up ...

President Maurie McInnis took the stage Wednesday evening in Charleston, S.C. for a talk hosted by the Gibbes Museum of Art. According to the event’s description, McInnis’ 6 p.m. talk is part of the ...

In a recent study, Dr. Oszkár Schütz and his colleagues analyzed 156 ancient genomes from the Sarmatian period, spanning the 1st to 5th centuries CE. The aim of the study was to clarify the origins ...

Cro Magnon Man, a robust and powerful hominid of the Upper Paleolithic era, emerges from the shadows of prehistory, leaving behind skeletal remains primarily found in southern France. Classified as ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Darwin’s vision of the world significantly influenced biology in the 20 th century, despite persistent questions posed by factors such as lateral gene transfer, neutral evolution, and chaotic ...

On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their striking appearance once puzzled scientists, new genetic evidence shows they ...

Students and locals packed Battell Chapel on Thursday for the first meeting of the one-time-only course “America at 250: A History,” with an introductory lecture taught by history professors Beverly ...

Gemma Marfany Nadal receives funding for research on rare illnesses through competitive calls from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and from CIBERER. She is also a member ...