New evolutionary law explains how living beings, minerals & species evolve

In the early years of the Solar System, Earth was home to 20 minerals, which evolved to almost 6,000 known minerals today

Simply Put: New Theory of Evolution

Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the human story

This century has brought unexpected discoveries from Europe and Asia

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When did Homo erectus die out?

A fresh look at the demise of an ancient human species over 100,000 years ago

The earliest modern humans in Europe mastered bow-and-arrow technology 54,000 years ago

Neanderthals did not develop mechanically propelled weapons, used traditional weapons

Human evolution didn’t stop at split from chimpanzees, 155 tiny new genes identified: Study

Some of the new genes linked with growth defects, diseases, say scientists

How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn’t in brain size, but blood flow

Skulls hold clues to intelligence, says this physiology professor

To cull or not

The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma

Extinction is a natural process, but it's happening at 1,000 times the normal speed

The Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and we should all be worried

Elephant teeth: How they evolved to cope with climate change-driven dietary shifts

20 million years ago, proboscidean teeth looked completely different

They sense electric fields, tolerate snow and have ‘mating trains’: 4 reasons echidnas really are remarkable

Echidnas are even more mysterious and unusual than commonly assumed.

The Anthropocene is a nuclear epoch – so how can we survive it?

This year saw nuclear weapons tested, stockpiles renewed, and disasters remembered

Even platypuses aren’t safe from bushfires — a new DNA study tracks their disappearance

Platypuses are disappearing from waterways after fire

Simply Put: Evolving backwards

Mammalian threads

A treatise on how science came to grasp evolution in mammals

Climate change pushing cold-blooded species faster to extinction: Study

Global warming tips century-old 'Rate of Living' theory on lifespan

Religion v science: desperate claims

Rationalist analyses recent statements by Prime Minister Modi and the Pope

How tortoises got their shells

South African researchers claim to have found out the reason

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Mars Mission: ISRO eyes November 2013 launch

Cabinet yet to approve the mission

Galaxy caught in self-destructive mode

Finding throws new light on the evolution and ageing of galaxies

Evolution in times of climate change

The origins of some of our fundamental traits could lie in climate change

Coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track it

Online databases have been collecting SARS-CoV-2 genomic nucleotide sequences since mid-December. Whenever a patient tests positive for the virus,…

Scientists find a whole new world below ground

New research says that there is an entire subterranean biosphere teeming with 15-23 billion tonnes of micro-organisms