Joseph Henrich, an author of a divisive report about politicization in the humanities, says, “I knew it wasn’t going to make ...
Life begins with microscopic organisms more than 3.5 billion years ago and eventually explodes into increasingly complex ...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have described two sea spider species new to science from British Columbia waters, the first new species described from the Salish Sea in almost a ...
Small differences between individuals may not be meaningless noise after all.
Scientists want to create cells from scratch, to unveil life's origins or provide specialized functions. Are they close?
According to neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, it's our feelings, not high-level brain function, that make us human.
The largest combined bat genome and fossil study ever conducted offers clarity about where the flying mammals first appeared.
West African crowned cranes are endangered in their native home due to habitat loss and other threats. Pip’s planned hatching ...
The flying mammals likely arose 65 million years ago in Europe, before spreading to Africa and then the rest of the world, ...