The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

An international team led by researchers from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of Hong Kong ...

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

Earth’s distant future has always been framed as a slow fade billions of years from now, but a new generation of models is ...

Digital evolution experiments show repeated environmental changes can push populations toward different long term outcomes.

Updated models suggest only 60,000 to 250,000 Earth-like habitats may exist in the Galaxy, with far fewer capable of ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...

UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...

High levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide intensify climate change, but high carbon dioxide levels can also stimulate plant growth. Plant growth removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, partially ...

Today, oceans cover about 70% of Earth’s surface. This stark contrast has long driven scientific interest in how water ...

What types of exoplanets orbit pulsars? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to ...