An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes.

On a bench in a Philadelphia lab, a robot the size of a microwave clicks through tiny vials, building molecules that existed ...

Conservation officers issue thousands of dollars worth of fines over B.C. Day long weekend. Caption: Dozens of people across B.C. have a ticket burning in their pock ...

Water is India's lifeline - and its looming crisis. With 80% of the country's water needs met through fast-depleting groundwater, and erratic monsoons failing to replenish rivers and reservoirs, the ...

Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out.

Engineered nanozymes and explainable machine learning enable sensitive bacterial detection across complex conditions. The system uses three distinct signals and delivers transparent, verifiable ...

Charlie Berens takes a serious look at the $8 billion data center approved in Port Washington, warning about its ...

Researchers have developed advanced, non-destructive models to measure the aboveground biomass and volume of Populus ...

In 2017, when Vincent Deblauwe joined the Cameroon-based Congo Basin Institute (CBI) to study African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora) — economically valuable pitch-black, dense wood — the Indigenous ...

Professional tree health assessments in Adelaide improve safety, meet compliance, and preserve valuable urban and natural ...

In a slow, invisible process, leaves, wood and roots are gradually decomposed—not by wind or weather, but by millions and millions of tiny organisms.