In present day Kazakhstan, both local folklore and genetic evidence found buried in royal tombs have shone a light on the ...

Max Planck scientists discover the evolutionary “missing link” explaining the dramatic transition of the yeast centromere ...

One of the ways he wants to bridge the gap is workshops like the Ukrainian School in Evolutionary Biology, held last year in Uzhhorod.

By Lily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease ...

“Sometimes it’s scary to not know what something is, but it’s also scientifically exciting,” according to the palaeontologist, Corentin Loron, at Edinburgh University. That incongruity lies at the ...

Latter-day Saint Bible scholar Dan McClellan isn’t shy about acknowledging that his church’s move endorsing English Bible translations beyond the King James Version is likely to lead to some ...

The different species in the human gut microbiome change and evolve throughout a person's life and even across multiple generations. Studies show that gut bacteria often evolve rapidly, with new ...

Families across urban and developing towns are going beyond conventional definition of education, facilitating change in the Indian education system. The focus has shifted from academic success to ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...

Battleships vanished, carriers took over, yet destroyers remain the backbone of every major fleet. This video uncovers how torpedo boats shaped naval warfare, why destroyers became the Swiss army ...

As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...