The mystery behind why Alaskan horses, cryptodiran turtles and island lizards shrunk over time may have been solved in a new study. The new theoretical research proposes that animal size over time ...

Yet modern biology has revealed that cells are preternaturally sophisticated assemblages — literally automated, miniaturized factories. How could the evidence have been overwhelming but now orthodoxy ...

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

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Have you ever wondered why our universe is made up of something rather than nothing? It can hurt your brain if you think about it too much because if there were nothing you would have no brain—no you ...

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Light helps explains the evolution of our skin color, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light still shapes us today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...