For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

Scientists have investigated the unique biology of the Haenyeo, women from the South Korean island of Jeju who are known for ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University reveal protein changes linked to longevity throughout mammalian evolution. Over the past ...

A Pulitzer Prize winner considers how elements of the Scopes trial on teaching evolution may color modern debates, including ...

Color vision evolved to support survival and social needs. Today, it influences how we think, feel, and navigate the world, ...

Imagine being able to travel back thousands of years, not with a time machine, but through the words our ancestors spoke. It ...

The study presents a comprehensive timeline projecting the eventual death of life on ... solar-induced evolution in the research is measured in billions of years, the current human-caused climate ...

"Museum collections are essential to understanding the evolutionary history of life on Earth," said study co-author Luiz Rocha, curator of ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences.

New science shows age reversal may be within reach by targeting cellular aging mechanisms and restoring youthful biological ...

Imagine a single genetic mutation, tucked deep within our DNA, forever changing the course of human history. Could a tiny ...