AI was supposed to lessen your workload, but it’s actually making you work more. That’s the finding of an eight-month study from UC Berkeley. Researchers tracked 200 employees at a U.S. tech company ...

As a trained chef, I have cooking tips and techniques that can make common dishes better. Create croutons by ripping bread apart by hand, and always peel celery before adding it to salads. Chill ...

Four hundred thousand years ago, near a water hole on grasslands bordering a forest in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to create sparks, ...

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire; chances are you’ll be left cold. But as early as 400,000 years ago ancient hominins might have had the skills to conjure flame, according to ...

While the merits of making your bed are many, science may support leaving it a mess. For years, experts have maintained that the morning ritual can help you sleep better, have more sex, boost ...

On a recent Thursday evening in downtown Washington, I took a deep breath and walked into a bar. I joined a couple dozen other women who were milling around making small talk and ordering drinks, ...

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino’s sprawling 1960s-set epic, has certainly been well-covered. But now there’s a way to go even deeper into the Oscar-winning film. There was the movie ...

Humans have been banging out rhythms and singing melodies for as long as we’ve been around, from Paleolithic flutists to contemporary K-pop performers. So if you want to make music, the good news is ...

Buck up, baby boomers. Sixty may not be the new 40, but 80 could soon be the new 60. A trove of new Alzheimer’s research suggests that medicines and lifestyle changes can not only slow but prevent, ...

Collective decision-making is common in social animal species, including humans, and refers to decisions made by groups of individuals instead of single individuals themselves. These groups may be ...