May 2012's selection of notable quotes
Research on an 18th and 19th century Finnish population suggests that agriculture and monogamy may not have stopped human evolution.
A genetic analysis reveals that the polar bear split from the brown bear some 600,000 years ago.
Scientists show that manmade nucleic acids can replicate and evolve, ushering in a new era in synthetic biology.
A new law opens the door to teaching creationism and climate change denialism in the state's public schools.
Social insect soldiers not only protect the colony from insect invasions; some also secrete strong antifungal compounds to kill microscopic enemies.
A genomic analysis reveals a crucial detail in drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite that are on the move in Southeast Asia.
Researchers discover a 70-million-year-old egg that belonged to a small, bird-like meat-eating dinosaur.
The Dutch artist's sunflower paintings have attracted the attention of doctors and geneticists.
One of the researchers who created a highly transmissible form of the bird flu virus has broken his silence and shared which mutations made it possible.