Humans didn't design these robots; they were “evolved” inside a computer. The results are strange, wildly flipping spider-like machines – and that's exactly what the researchers were hoping for. If ...

Scientists at Tufts have created a powerful 3D model of nasal tissue that reveals surprising new insights into how our sense of smell regenerates and why it sometimes fades. Contrary to past ...

James Irwin Charter Middle School has removed a portion of its science curriculum featuring creationism after receiving a letter from the national nonprofit the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The ...

LMU computational biologist helps uncover how the Amazon molly maintains a healthy genome without sexual reproductionThe Amazon molly is a remarkable ...

This observation – that animal lineages evolve toward larger body sizes – is known as Cope's rule. It’s most prominently seen ...

For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or eats affects its environment. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows that social behavior ...

Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of today's best science fiction books. While much of the science and math is great, it falls a bit when it comes to evolution.

How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species.

There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after ...