Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

The study provides new insights into the functions of ancestral cortices but also raises fundamental questions about how and ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

The Museum of Nuclear Science & History appointed Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary, to its Board to bridge legacy industry with frontier technology.

Hockey’s a very cool game. It’s hotter than ever, since the men’s and women’s Olympic teams came home with gold medals. There ...

Psychological science is really just our best shot at making sense of how people think, feel, and act. It’s rooted in old philosophy but runs today on experiments, observation, and data. Back in the ...

The search space for protein engineering grows exponentially with complexity. A protein of just 100 amino acids has 20100 possible variants—more combinations than atoms in the observable universe.