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About half a billion years ago most of the vertebrates on earth had tails, but migration from trees to a more land-based environment is believed to have hastened our tail loss.
COVID-19 is evolving, and Vox has the lowdown on why we’re seeing so many worrying variants develop.
Scientists will spend the next few days putting 120 Knysna dwarf chameleons through their paces, during speed and endurance challenges that they refer to as the ‘Chameleon Olympics’.
A new study says that these incredible little sharks evolved to walk on land, and they did it in record time – by evolutionary standards, at least.
Leonardo da Vinci made predictions about the natural world and technology, with some of those proven right over time.
It’s been almost two years since Homo Naledi was all the rage, and now scientists are revealing more incredible finds from inside the Rising Star cave system.
We might have little dinosaur chickens running around in the near future if these crazy scientists have anything to do with it.
If you’re at all familiar with how science works you’ll know that the earth’s organisms started off from rather humble beginnings. Your front runner then.
Snakes used to have little legs attached to their slithering body, but scientists have never known why they ever grew out of them.
Google has been very forthcoming about their new logo design and has even shed light on the other options they were considering.
Pope Francis has taken a stand for evolution, saying that God is not a “magician with a magic wand”. Check out his full statement here…
The spread of Ebola is on everyone’s minds at the minute – have a read at what the man who discovered the disease has to say.
Everyone loves a Vespa, we know that – but have you ever seen all the shapes and sizes it has gone through to be the most sought after scooter?
Back in 1925, Dayton, Tennessee was home to the famous Scopes “monkey trial”, which saw teacher John Scopes violating a state statute by teaching evolution in biology. Almost a century of science, research and cultural development later they’re still dealing with the same problems.
Sir David Attenborough is one of the world’s most well-known scientists and natural history film-makers. He has now thrown his weight behind a campaign in the UK to have the teaching of creationism and intelligent design banned outright from school curricula. He is joined by 30 other leading scientists and campaign groups, including the British Science Association.
Oh this is just mean. And yes, okay, by mean I probably mean amazing. Prior to the 60th annual Miss USA pageant, held last Sunday in Las Vegas, delegates were asked to field a couple of debate questions – like this one, where they share their views on teaching evolution in schools. Cruel.
Walt Disney will be clicking his heels in his grave. Japanese scientists have, by promoting the miscopying of DNA from mice to their progeny, randomly produced a mouse that sings very much like a bird. So what are we aiming for here? Mouse servants? Mouse message couriers? No, not even remotely.