A paper in Genome Biology and Evolution discovers that the endangered Mediterranean fin whale is not completely isolated from ...

A Harvard-led team analyzed nearly 16,000 ancient and 6,400 modern genomes from Western Eurasia, uncovering 479 gene variants shaped by natural selection over the past 10,000 years. The findings show ...

A new study shows the virus could have doubled the frequency of certain genetic variants in a South African province if ...

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

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

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

Life on Earth is often described as a web, but for much of modern science it was catalogued as a ledger: names, specimens, ...

My cats almost never meow at each other, only at me. I learnt that the meow is a sound cats developed for us across ten ...

You probably grabbed your phone or took a sip of water with your right hand. If you’re like most people (about 9 out of 10), ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

Dr Peter Verheyen discusses the transition from quantum-scale events to the emergence of subjective consciousness ...

Among the myriad of actions performed exclusively by humans, crying appears to be the most enigmatic. While no other animals ...