A study published in the journal Evolution on September 26, 2018, suggests that certain models used to explain the theory of ...

Daniel Read receives funding from the ESRC. 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 ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Language has been an embarrassment for the theory of evolution for more than 150 years. Charles Darwin, who thought that language evolved from animal communication, argued, “The difference in mind ...

Humans have a higher rate of autism than any other species, but what makes us uniquely susceptible? A new study, analyzing gene activity in neurons from humans and other primates, found that rapid ...

There’s a reason why ancient wisdom never truly grows old. Long before science tried to trace the journey of life through fossils and genes, Indian philosophy had already told that story through ...