Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.

A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.

Figuring out how to make spacecraft more accessible to astronauts with physical disabilities can also make them safer for long-duration missions.

New research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they’d give another human.

Do you have a secure or anxious attachment with your pet?

For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation.

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability, a new study pushes back.

The neck’s vitality and vulnerability are rooted in a quirky evolutionary history.