Some animals aren’t just lucky, they’re biological masterpieces of adaptation. These creatures thrive in extreme conditions through genetic mutations and behavioral evolution that scientists are still ...

Australian scientists have developed a groundbreaking approach that harnesses artificial biological intelligence to rapidly evolve molecules with improved functions directly within mammal cells. This ...

A study published in Nature by researchers at IRB Barcelona and the University of Washington shows that smoking and ...

From natural selection to the history of nature -- From the units of inheritance to the origin of species -- Multicellularity and the developmental code -- Life cycle evolution : life and death of the ...

Aldronda Alonzo (left) and Pa Skaw Le feel the texture of a model brain Nov. 7 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine booth at the Cedar Valley Family STEM Festival at the Five Sullivan ...

Scientists have uncovered a 151-million-year-old midge fossil in Australia that challenges long-held views about insect ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Following vocal criticism of an initial revision to Iowa’s science education standards that stripped ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien ...

A new scientific review tackles an age-old question: could dogs ever learn to talk? While barking out full sentences might ...

These "imposter crabs" have evolved independently through natural selection, as a rounded shell and signature sideways ...

A key area of practice management and sustainability initiatives is ensuring that waste is reduced whenever possible. In a ...