NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with psychologist Coltan Scrivner about his book Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't ...

According to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, children under two can understand language and even communicate before they ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

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The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises an axial skeleton, which consists of the skull and the spine, as well as an ...

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Look, I’m going to level with you: When I first heard someone suggest teaching kids to “pretend they’re wearing a cape,” I thought it was going to be one of those cutesy parenting tips that sounds ...

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As a kid of the 1970s, Mary Roach sat in front of the TV watching “The Six Million Dollar Man” promise a techno-rebirth. “We can rebuild him,” the narrator intoned. “Better than he was before. Better.

BECKLEY — How the tragedy of human trafficking touches Appalachia and what the world’s other rural communities are doing to address it will be among the topics when two members of a Raleigh County ...

Police in northern Kentucky have provided an update after human remains were found behind a grocery store in Bellevue Wednesday. According to a statement from Bellevue Chief of Police Jon McClain, ...

That's why the Project Runway host wants her and ex Seal's four children—Leni Klum, 21, Henry Samuel, 20, Johan Samuel, 18, and Lou Samuel, 15—to be immersed in her German culture, bringing them along ...