In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

Humans lost their ability to synthesize their own vitamin C because our ancestors had access to plenty of fruit.

Today, these microbial partners work in the soil across millions of acres of farmland worldwide, helping farmers grow more ...

What can a tiny wasp with a rather gruesome parasitic life cycle teach us about evolution, behavior and human developmental ...

For deep tech to truly serve regenerative agriculture, its algorithms must be fed with data that reflects the complexity of ...

Inspired by nature, scientists created a self-powered device that recognizes color just like our eyes, paving the way for ...

A new study unexpectedly reveals that cells thrive on chaos. It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior ...

Evolution. Origins without evolution -- Evolution before Darwin -- Charles Darwin -- Darwin's evidence for evolution and common descent -- The causation of evolution : natural selection -- Diversity ...

Cultural evolution articles from across Nature Portfolio. Atom; RSS Feed; Definition. Cultural evolution is the change over time of non-biological aspects of human society.

This article explores how cancer biomarkers improve early detection, guide treatments and predict outcomes to transform ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...