Environmental stress in evolution can be reframed as a powerful engine of innovation, not simply a barrier to survival.

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The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...

On this week's episode: is our universe inside a black hole, Antarctic explorers, tracking teenaged turtles, and ...

This is one of the weirdest mysteries of human evolution: Why do we have grandmas? From menopause to our slow maturation and super-long lifespans, humans are quite unique in the animal ...

San Jose-based Savor makes designer fats from carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, using a thermochemical process it claims is ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Lifespan is outpacing the number of years people live in good health. Scientists are developing ways of preventing illness and slowing the aging process ...

During GDC 2025, the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2025 took place, revealing over 50 announcements and updates for several games ...

Female lab mice have been bred to be passive and breed with ease.  But, in the wild they're feisty and even pugnacious. How ...

As diplomatic tensions continue between Canada and the United States, a travel group says Islanders are rethinking their travel plans, opting for alternative vacation destinations that are either ...