Evolution

Cancer has left its 'footprint' on our evolution, according to a study which examined how the relics of ancient viruses...

Like salmon traveling upstream to spawn, sperm cells are extremely efficient at swimming against the current, according to research to...

The human body produces chemical cues that communicate gender to members of the opposite sex, according to researchers who report...

In a world perfumed by freshly popped popcorn and exhaust fumes, where sea breezes can mingle with the scents of...

Simply making nanoparticles spin coaxes them to arrange themselves into what University of Michigan researchers call 'living rotating crystals' that...

One of science's strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere...

Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists...

The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated...

Get ready: The "new genetics" promises to change faulty genes of future generations by introducing new, functioning genes using "designer...

From a bacteria’s perspective the environment is one big DNA waste yard. Researchers have now shown that bacteria can take...

Scientists have puzzled for centuries over how and why multicellular organisms evolved the almost universal trait of using single cells,...

Scientists discover previously unknown thermal sensor in insects linked to taste, smell.Call it the Goldilocks Principle — animals can survive...

Scientists have devised a method for more precisely determining the geographical location of a person's ancestral origins based on a...

Harvard University neurobiologists have created mice that can "smell" light, providing a potent new tool that could help researchers better...