It’s not always the best-adapted animal that survives. Sometimes, it’s the one that exploits its fellow creatures ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

A South Korean physicist has proposed a theoretical framework that could support the unification of quantum mechanics and the ...

Biologists have long pondered why males in most species are more colorful than females. Darwin's theory of sexual selection ...

The answer is as obvious as it seems – the Earth looks flat when you're standing on it, not cone-shaped. Visual evidence ...

Demonstrating and applying control theory has long presented a complex challenge, encompassing a broad range of engineering ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

Why does some humor relate to basic physical maintenance—breathing, drinking, and eating? As long as they're relatively minor ...