evolution

Research shows that the human species is rapidly evolving: The percent of people with a medial artery in their forearms has grown over the last 150 years.

X-Men But Boring

Studies

"This is micro evolution in modern humans…"

Humans Are Evolving a New Artery

Scientists saw bacteria subjected to different conditions rapidly develop different evolutionary strategies, helping explain why some become dangerous.

Divergent Evolution

It's hard to argue with evolution when you can see it happening right in front of you.

Scientists Just Watched Bacteria Evolve in Real Time

The coronavirus rapidly spreading around the world almost certainly jumped to humans from animals. Zoonotic viruses like this can be more dangerous.

Bad Evolution

Developments

Viruses usually evolve to avoid killing their hosts. This one is a complete wildcard.

The Coronavirus Started in Animals. That Makes it More Dangerous.

Four newly-discovered sharks use their fins to crawl across coral reefs — and can also walk across short stretches of dry land.

Land Sharks

They're evolving!

Sharks Are Evolving to Walk on Land

The rats that survive eradication attempts could have sickly offspring — or they could produce "super rats" that are even harder to kill.

Rat Race

And we don't know if their offspring will be sickly or "super."

Our Attempts to Kill Rats Are Making Them Evolve at Super Speed

NASA scientists found evidence that ribose, a key sugar in genetic molecules, may have come to earth through the impacts of meteorites.

Evolutionary Potluck

The lead researcher says the discovery could reveal the "origin of life."

NASA Says It Found Building Blocks of Life in Fallen Meteorites

Researchers have recorded a video of pigs using tools, a hallmark of advanced intelligence exhibited by only the smartest species.

Smart Swine

It’s evolution, Babe.

Pigs Caught Using Tools in First-of-Its-Kind Video

Giving birth in space might cause changes to the human body, including new skin tones and bigger heads, predicts evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon.

It's Evolution, Baby

Babies born in space might have enormous heads. Seriously.

Biologist: Babies Born in Space Might Not Be Fully Human

New research suggests that a cascade of supernovae could have been instrumental in human evolution by creating an environment where bipedal animals thrive.

Gotta Go Fast

Cosmic explosions could have set up the conditions for bipedal animals to thrive.

Bizarre Theory: Supernovas Kickstarted Human Evolution

As we move closer to colonizing Mars, one evolutionary biologist wonders: how will humans evolve to cope with life on the Red Planet?

Human life — and genetics — will never be the same for Mars' future inhabitants. 

Evolutionary Biologist: Mars Colonists Will Mutate Really Fast

Evolutionary robotics could give rise to machines that program their offspring, so to speak, using their own code and programming.

Busy Bots

Brings new meaning to "cybersex."

Scientists Are Teaching AI-Powered Robots to Reproduce, Evolve

The human mutation rate has slowed down significantly over the past million years or so, according to new research, raising new questions.