Do new traits in evolution happen slowly, or all at once? Two new studies in the journal Science may finally help us solve this mystery. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Huge thanks go to ...

More than 90% of the plants on Earth are angiosperms, flowering plants whose seeds are enclosed inside fruit. And they’re ...

Teachers who attended ‘compulsory’ creationist conference run by US-based fundamentalist group told radiometric dating techniques were flawed ...

Chronic time pressure strains mental health, suggesting relief may come from loosening time’s control rather than managing it ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

For over a century, it was assumed that science had a handle on the big categories of life on Earth: plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms were t.

Recognition as a top packing materials manufacturer is generally the result of sustained performance rather than short-term ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science has shown it is possible to engineer a ...

Nadella is bullish on AI's productivity revolution, ecosystem growth, and non-zero-sum competition, while stressing practical ...

“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ...

Polyploid genomes, formed through repeated whole-genome duplication and hybridization, underpin the evolution of many important crops, yet their internal structure often remains unresolved when ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...