Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species lasts forever.

Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe may amuse readers to Feedback by emailing feedback@newscientist.com Bad ...

Accurate forecasting has long been an art and a science, but when the stakes are high, it is smart to make it into a tournament. William Culbert Researchers recently systematically surveyed two ...

As humans expanded out of Africa and extended our dominion over the remaining continents, large animals began to go extinct wherever we reached. Known as the Late Quaternary Extinctions (LQEs), this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for years now, and you've probably read about its potential to revolutionize ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on ...

Constantly improving AI would create a positive feedback loop: an intelligence explosion. We would be no match for it.