How neoliberals fell in love with “human nature”—the glue that still unites the divergent factions of the new right.

A recent study sheds light on the remarkable journey of the olive tree over the past 3,700 years, revealing the key role of human activity ... between humans and nature, showing how our choices ...

Controlling nature by bulldozing dirt and pouring concrete ... The Gulf’s famous marshes help to protect human communities from storm surges, but more than a century of levees and dams on ...

Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who we are has dominated the human sciences. Do genes determine our destiny ...

Frontal view of the virtual reconstruction of the hominin's midface. (Huguet et al., Nature, 2025) The face doesn't look like any other human species found at this time and in this part of the world.

Not bad for someone who started his career with the aim of understanding the human brain. Despite his role in its creation, though, Professor Hinton has been surprised by the rapid development of ...