A new study reveals how a remarkable group of plants on the Galápagos Islands developed their diverse leaf shapes—offering ...

Computational biologist Brandon Ogbunu explores and writes about the intersection of science, society, and culture. We spoke ...

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A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have ...

Researchers have mapped the evolution of a type of leukaemia that is exclusive to children with Down syndrome and may have identified an overarching weakness in the cancer's genetic makeup.

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

A landmark review reveals conserved core cycles and sequential innovations that drove the diversification of land plants, ...

In a first for science, astronomers have observed the speed and power of matter that erupts from a black hole, shedding light ...

For centuries, people tried to build ornithopters that flapped like birds, but none became a practical path to human flight.

WASHINGTON — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that ...

New research suggests giant octopuses up to 19 metres long may have ruled ancient oceans 100 million years ago, challenging ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...