Black-browed albatrosses have soared the southern oceans for millions of years, but a new study reveals that the forces reshaping their world are moving faster than nature can answer. The question is ...

An activist involved with a team searching for Noah's Ark in Turkey says finding it will also challenge evolution.

The Endless Arms Race Between Pathogens and HumansEvery time I see news about infectious diseases, I think about this.Could ...

When I look at the human brain, I feel something akin to 'strata'.If you dig deep into the earth's ground, layers created in different eras appear.There are layers of accumulated sand. Layers of ...

What happens when a robot learns to run without the millions of years of compromises built into the human body?

Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Chapter 10, “Fecundity” Annie Dillard died on Tuesday, September 15.  She was 81. Years ago, when I was a student, I read Dillard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Florida’s proposed new academic standards for science downplay evolution, ignore “climate change” and represent a step ...

Florida’s proposed new academic standards for science downplay evolution, ignore “climate change” and represent a step backwards for public education, according to several experts ...

Some scientists say humans may be entering a new phase of evolution, one in which culture is becoming more powerful than genes in shaping our survival and future. At the heart of that idea is a ...

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Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us human are thought to hide instead in the DNA that controls when and where ...