The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

If your parents' bone repair genes never turn on, you still inherit them, and you heal. But if they don't teach you to ski, ...

To maintain a Darwinian perspective on culture we must view humans as passive imitators and transmitters, ignoring cthe ...

Why do gods, miracles, and superstitions persist in an age of space missions and artificial intelligence? Originally written ...

From cancer-resistant mole rats to 200-year-old whales, evolution has equipped long-lived species with unique biological ...

Aging brings about a range of changes—often unwelcome—to our bodies: sagging skin, graying or thinning hair, and a decline in muscle strength and ...

The Cetacean Translation Initiative is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers ...

In a life defined by extremes, Nobel Prize-winning biologist James Watson, who directed Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from 1968 to 1994, died Nov. 6th at the age of 97.

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

Distinct domestic dog types could have started developing thousands of years before modern breeding, archaeologists find.