University of Michigan researchers built a modular robot to isolate how limb proportions affect animal locomotion and energy use. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a modular, ...

What is it about a cheetah's build that enables it to run so fast? What gives the wolf its exceptional endurance? While these questions can be partly answered through animal experiments, many ...

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

Darwin collected many of these specimens during his historic journey to the Galápagos Islands between 1831 and 1836, a voyage that later helped shape his theory of evolution.

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

Leucippus' ancient atomic theory bears striking parallels to the modern Big Bang model showcasing his visionary perspective on cosmic origins ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

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.

Erik Matson reflects on John Callanan’s new book about Bernard Mandeville, and the controversial theories that he promoted in ...

Humans’ exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

The origin of the human chin is still being debated, as scientists have failed to work out why exactly we have one ...