Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

Nobody likes to wait, and we are willing to pay to avoid it. Expedited shipping, fast food and video streaming are all profitable because they reduce or eliminate that wait. You can test this by ...

An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in ...

Carcinization is a captivating type of convergent evolution where five different groups of crustaceans have separately evolved to have crab-like body structures. Evolutionary paleobiologist Matthew ...

This past week, I had the good fortune of teaching a group of nearly 100 bright and eager students at Chongqing University of Education, deep in the heart of China. The class that I teach here ...

FC24, for the first time in Ultimate Team history, will introduce a player evolution mechanic. It’ll mean that players can boost their own club legends and receive unique cards, completely different ...

Women live longer than men, and we know that longevity is promoted by natural selection to pass the maximum number of copies of their genes to the next generations. Yet women cease reproductive life ...