When humans started farming around 10,000 years ago, they reshaped their landscapes, diets, and social structures. A common ...

Not all birds of prey hunt from the sky. This bird reveals how an extreme environment is all it takes to reshape anatomy, ...

Research suggests that crying is not a sign of weakness, but one of the most sophisticated social technologies in the natural ...

From before their babies are born, men undergo serious hormonal changes that can powerfully influence their behaviour – with ...

A team of researchers off the coast of Dominica had been studying sperm whales when something alarming caught their attention ...

New research suggests that the origins of life may be tied not only to deep-sea hydrothermal vents but also to environments created by meteor impacts.

Human smell genes are still evolving, with hunter-gatherers retaining older variants and farming groups showing changes ...

The ocean is getting greener because there is more phytoplankton (aka microscopic algae) in the ocean’s uppermost layer. It ...

A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...

How does the ER prevent misfolded proteins? Researchers identify the SLC33A1 transporter as a critical glutathione regulator for protein quality control.

A Survival God for the Age of Abundance,” Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler explore what it means to be human in a world ...