Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Teenagers create a program that lets viewers compare the sizes of things on earth and in space.
As institutions around the world start celebrations of Darwin Day, New York reveals a digitized catalog of Darwin’s scientific manuscripts.
Zebras may have evolved their striped coat to avoid blood-sucking flies.
The textbook example of Darwinian evolution is tested and confirmed.
Support for legislation that would allow creationism and other religious views to be taught alongside evolution in science classrooms wanes in the state’s House of Representatives
Origin of life theories from a wide range of religions may be taught alongside evolution in the state.
A new study estimates the number of generations necessary to evolve from mouse-sized to elephantine, and shows that it’s quicker to get small.
In Chapter 1, editors Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath introduce the concept of well-intentioned behaviors that go awry.
Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.