evolution

In Mao's China, there was no such thing as a private life.

When did the first humans arise on planet Earth?

People want to hang Musk and Bezos because they are affluent. However, closer study reveals that this is not the case.

If only the French elites had decided on a similar course of reform, there would have been no Terror, no Napoleon, and no centralizing, state revolution.

For stating that 'natural law is morally superior to the force of the state,' Juan de Mariana was brought before the Inquisition and charged with treason.

Evolutionary psychology is often disliked by critics for two reasons. To begin with, because the human mind is so complicated, we're doomed to guesswork anytime we try to figure out what influences formed it. Second, because supposition is frequently used to maintain an unfair status quo, the whole area is suspect.

A new paper explores how noise from human activities pollutes the oceans, and what we can do to fix it.

For the first time, it was discovered that nonphotosynthetic bacteria have a circadian clock.

A new study found that words are more accurately heard when accompanied by hand gestures.

Most of us know by now that 10,000 steps is recommended everywhere as a target to achieve – and yet where did this number actually come from?