One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

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The evolutionary purpose of kissing has long eluded scientists. Smooching is risky, given things like pointy teeth, and ...

This year’s Sjöberg Prize of one million US dollars is awarded to a British cancer researcher who has provided fundamental knowledge about evolution in tumours. Charles Swanton, at the Francis Crick ...

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the ...

Doctors are alarmed as H3N2 influenza cases surge earlier than typical seasonal peaks, driven by erratic weather, transitional immunity gaps, and environmental triggers.

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species and transformed our understanding of life on Earth by introducing the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course ...

Human evolution spans millions of years, from early primates to modern Homo sapiens. Fossil evidence, genetic data, and ...

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.

Discover seven unusual galaxies defying scientific predictions, from impossibly bright early universe objects to astrophysics ...

Learn how repeated burn injuries may have acted as a form of natural selection, influencing human genes linked to healing and immune response.

New research suggests fire was key to making our bodies successful in evolution – but not in the ways we previously thought.