A controversial idea in evolutionary biology argues that genes—not individuals or species—are the true drivers of natural selection, reshaping how scientists explain altruism, behavior, and even the ...

For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ordinary ...

For well over a century, Darwin’s theory of natural selection has served as biology’s grand unifying framework, explaining how species adapt and evolve through the differential replication of randomly ...

Students are reporting several positive changes in their medical school experience this year, an Oct. 24 Medscape report found. “The Unique Culture of Medical School” report surveyed 500 students in ...

Non-communicable diseases—such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and chronic pain—pose significant global health challenges, causing millions of deaths annually.

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

Scientists are re-examining whether genetic changes remain the primary catalyst of human evolution, or if another factor has become more influential. Waring and Wood suggest that culture may be ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

In October 2018, Nikki Bella was one of the featured superstars in a historic WWE event called Evolution. It was the company’s first all-women's pay-per-view, and Bella’s match was the main event: a ...

On July 10, 1925, the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, became the unlikely epicenter of a clash that reverberated through US history for a century. The trial of John T. Scopes, a young high school ...

They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt.= = =A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ...

New important data on the historical and cultural evolution of Ithaca has emerged from the University of Ioannina research at the archaeological site known as Homer's School since the start of the ...