The harmonisation of standards for electronic identification across the EU should normally be soporific enough to send even the most Club-Mate-hyped hacker straight to sleep, but as Computer Weekly…

Genetic analysis of bone fragments from German archaeological site proves that modern humans reached northern Europe not long after they emerged from Africa

Researchers find homeless people more likely to spend lump sum on housing and food and not ‘temptation goods’ such as alcohol

A team of paleontologists has found evidence of a previously unknown human lineage. In their study, reported in Journal of Human Evolution, the group analyzed the fossilized jawbone, partial skull and some leg bones of a hominin dated to 300,000 years ago.

Local residents who at first suspected gold or uranium deposits had been found are being won over by the initiative to protect nature and economically develop the areas involved

Globally, road “accidents” kill more than 1 million people a year, and are the primary cause of death for people aged under 30.

Perlina Lau discusses the Kiwi comedy that dares to imagine a world with few men and where wellness is weaponized

International law experts say South Africa's genocide case against Israel could put political pressure on Israel and its allies, forcing a change of tactics in the Gaza war.

How the investigation into a grisly murder shocked 19th-century France and framed the scientist as an accomplice.

The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year.

Fossils from La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California suggest that sabertooth cats and other large North American mammals disappeared as a result of wildfires spurred by human activity.

The nonprofit FreeWriters offers writing workshops in jails, encouraging expression and reflection as a means of addressing mental health struggles.

Call on members of the International Court of Justice to Charge Israel With Genocide!

The Queen guitarist answers your questions, on regretting never playing with John Lennon, his love of Pink and Avril Lavigne, and his beef with Michael Eavis

Pancho and Lefty have two brains, and one body, and a lot of fans missed him during his two-year absence: “Come see him any time!”

Hangzhou zoo insists animals are real after video of one standing on hind legs triggers online speculation

Belarus, which has created a political and military alliance with Moscow, is being further Russified as schools ditch the Belarusian language.

We can expect that the science of fire should intersect with fire use by First Peoples, because an understanding of fire that enabled cultures to coexist with it for at least 65,000 years must have its roots in scientific reality. Our understanding of that relationship is, however, deeply troubled.

Over the last five months, we've seen an unprecedented escalation in violence in Gaza. Most people I know feel like they're going crazy. We're all seeing the same footage, but no matter how angry we all get and how much we try to change public opinion, nothing seems to come of it. So...what can we do? Has evil won?

The president’s promise of restraint is repeatedly belied by the reality of continued escalation.