Evolution isn't always obvious and some new species haven't been identified because their outward appearance masks their genetic differences. Research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology suggests…

University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on…

Frigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto’s companion Charon and recoating parts of its surface in ice crystals could be making this distant world into the equivalent of…

Jon-Kar Zubieta and colleagues have pinpointed a brain region central to the machinery of the placebo effect—the often controversial phenomenon in which a person’s belief in the efficacy of a…

Researchers have identified a gene-regulating protein in the brains of mice that triggers the animals' ability to cope with the "behavioral despair" caused by inescapable stress. They said their…

Want to make the perfect bandage? Mix the adhesive properties of the Mussel and the Gecko. Scientists report they have merged two of nature’s most elegant strategies for wet and dry adhesion to…

New research has proved the single origin of humans theory by combining studies of global genetic variations in humans with skull measurements across the world. The research, at the University of…

This anthropology student talks about why he blogs and he doesn't even mention our site. We don't have a featured anthropologist but I think the editors do a pretty good job making sure there is…

Are we creating too many species?This editorial, New Taxonomy and the Origin of Species, says we are and I think they're right.

Ethanol is 'oversold' a new report says. The future of biofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food & Water Watch. The corn ethanol refinery industry, the beneficiary of new…