Masters of the Planet, Learning from the Octopus, Darwin’s Devices, and Psychology’s Ghosts
Masters of the Planet, Learning from the Octopus, Darwin’s Devices, and Psychology’s Ghosts
From accounts of deformed animals to scratch-and-sniff technology, Robert Boyle's early contributions to the Royal Society of London were prolific and wide ranging.
House mice sing melodies out of the range of human hearing, and the crooning is impacting research from evolutionary biology to neuroscience.
An evolutionary biologist’s posthumous publication restores the peppered moth to its iconic status as a textbook example of evolution.
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.
Geography might explain the treasure trove of genetic diversity among Scots.
A new law opens the door to teaching creationism and climate change denialism in the state's public schools.