Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Cooking with fire is as primal as food gets—it’s a foundational facet of our humanity. Evidence suggests that humans were only able to evolve our big, energy-hungry brains after we learned to use fire ...

The discovery of fire was one of the most fundamental advancements of human development, but researchers can't agree on why it came about. Reading time 3 minutes Hundreds of thousands—if not over a ...