A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

This post examines the evolution of robotic laboratories and outlines the key breakthroughs required to advance toward genuinely embodied scientific intelligence. The earliest defining milestone of ...

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history. A local substitute teacher, John Scopes, was charged with ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently published a religion and science addition to its Topics and Questions series addressing four subjects: the general compatibility of science and ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

A new study confirms that dolphins and orcas have reached a "point of no return" in their evolution, making a return to land biologically impossible. Their specialized aquatic anatomy, developed over ...

Editor’s Note (10/8/25): This podcast was edited after posting to remove some incorrect descriptions of research on crickets in Hawaii. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m ...