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February 19, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm‘Mind-blowing’ baby chick study challenges a theory of how humans evolved languageNewborn chicks connect sounds with shapes…

As a parent, I want nothing more than for my children to grow into healthy, happy, purposeful human beings. Yet all around me – in classrooms,…

President Donald Trump’s desire to claim Greenland for the U.S. has thrust the island’s wealth of natural resources firmly into the spotlight. But while geopolitical chatter…

Every year, I set myself a reading challenge. These are sometimes small—read more poetry; read older books—and sometimes quite large. More than a decade ago, I…

Robert Redford’s daughter Amy Redford has criticised the proliferation of artificial intelligence tributes to her father, who died in September, calling them “fabrications”.Redford posted a statement…

The US supreme court on Friday is considering taking up a case that could challenge the legality of same-sex marriage across the country.Hours after ruling that…

Ben Stiller is offering some encouraging words for comedians as they continue to navigate these “challenging” times for comedy in the wake of Donald Trump‘s second…

Jane Goodall, a British primatologist known for her work with chimpanzees, died on Wednesday 1 October, aged 91. She was in California on a speaking tour…

For your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a…