Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

“Sometimes redundancy has a way of showing up under certain conditions; they’re not truly redundant,” said Michael Snyder, ...

As research expands, the emphasis will shift towards a holistic approach, focusing on the symbiotic relationship between body ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

As the global population continues to grow, innovative solutions are needed to ensure food security. With limited land and ...

“Beyond the incorrect claim that science backs up a simple binary definition of sex, the lived experience of people clearly ...

Short snouts and a flat profile -- within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices ...

Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.