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The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

The Microbiology Society's Microbiology Outlooks, launched in 2025, has published its inaugural article: "When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution." The new ...

If Jammu & Kashmir cricket team win the Ranji Trophy, it will be a historic feel-good tale—an underdog rising despite strife ...

Discover the evolutionary story behind the human chin. Learn how craniofacial changes and mandibular traits shaped this ...

All complex biological systems—like the DNA, RNA and proteins constantly being copied and built within our cells—are prone to errors. That means as life evolved to be more elaborate, it also had to ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

For anyone who ever felt different growing up—too quiet, too literal, too sensitive for the world around them—Sheldon ...

Dr N Munal MeiteiContd from previous issueFor example, people living in tropical countries have more melanin in their body to guard them from the daylight. Darwin came about Reverend Thomas Malthus’ ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of ...

For renowned British engineer Stuart Burgess, the human hand, without question, is the pinnacle of mechanical engineering, ...