Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists discovered that some fluctuating conditions help populations evolve higher ...

A research group led by Tetsuhiro Hatakeyama from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo ...

To make sense of some characteristics that species exhibit from birth, you have to turn to an old discredited theory known as Lamarckism.

Adam Rutherford salutes a show that finally links the spectacle of natural history with the science that explains it ...

“Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a frustrated biophysicist, Royal Society fellow and pioneer of the field of systems biology. “They don’t exist. Where will they be? They won’t ...

The microbiome comprises a multitude of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism. The interactions of body cells and the microbiome form a structural and often ...

University of Michigan researchers have used an AI tool to demonstrate that birds in the group Passeriformes evolved in rapid ...

A multidisciplinary team led by the University of Liège has proposed a unified neuroscientific model explaining the mechanisms behind near-death experiences (NDEs), drawing on converging empirical ...

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A controversial explanation for why human childbirth is so painful has enraged the internet. Elena Bridgers, a science writer and researcher who focuses on the evolution of motherhood, recently shared ...