While it's not ready to join the workforce yet, Atlas, an AI-powered humanoid, is learning how to do human tasks.

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UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls ...

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly gaining emotional abilities once thought to be fundamentally human. But AI empathy is not a substitute for human empathy yet. Still, AI empathy is not the same as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Humanoid robots struggle with basic tasks like walking safely and lack the dexterity needed for complex human-like ...

FLUSHING, Queens (WABC) -- A police investigation is underway after a human skull, and other skeletal remains were discovered in a parking lot in Queens on Monday. A city survey crew was working along ...

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What started as a routine check at Tampa International Airport in Florida took a ghastly turn last week when customs agents found what appeared to be human remains in someone's luggage. The traveler ...