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Neanderthal Out of Africa; new research explores drive behind early humanity's travels across the world - Royal Holloway, University of ...

Haematite tubes Haematite tubes from the NSB hydrothermal vent deposits that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Ea...

Urban house finch ( Carpodacus mexicanus ) nest. Credit: JerryFriedman/CC BY-SA 4.0 An experimental demonstration that house finches add ...

Peter Ball Groomed and abused 18 vulnerable boys and young men. Church 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop Peter Ball - BBC News ...

Bird caught in amber 100 million years ago is best ever found | New Scientist. It's not often we get to look at creatures from 100 mil...

Map of the main Middle to early Upper Triassic outcrops in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, highlighting the occurrence of...

Zombie soldier beetles: Epizootics in the goldenrod soldier beetle, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) caused by Erynio...

Vetmeduni Vienna : Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves’ and dogs’ blood To listen to religious apologists you would think there is someth...

[left caption] [Right caption/credit] A composite reconstruction of what its discovers believe is the earliest known...

How did almost nothing end up making you? Don't tell the creationists and spoil their delusion but we've pretty much worked it out...

The grotesque random slaughter of innocent people, including young children, in the name of Islam, in Britain, France and Afghanistan by Mus...

A genetic signature of the evolution of loss of flight in the Galapagos cormorant | Science The thing about information is that it means n...

My latest book goes on sale today! It tells your story and how the stuff you are made of came to be and found itself on a tiny speck in t...

Geographic context, of the samples used in this study. Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry...

Several years ago I wrote a blog post based on a much earlier post I originally put in a CompuServe Forum (who remembers those?). It told th...

Catholic Research Forum Reports 3 - The 'no religion' population of Britain | The Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society Yet...

Life restoration of Zuul crurivastator . Credit: Danielle Dufault © Royal Ontario Museum New ankylosaurine from Montana | Open Sc...

It always amuses me how creationists often resort to "It's all around you! You only have to open your eyes and look!", when a...

Televangelist and Slave Owner, Ernest Angley Televangelist Ernest Angley ordered to pay $388,000 for using unpaid labor at...

Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby Co-signatories of the letter Church of England Election Letter...

Overt xenophibia, used during the United Kingdom EU referendum. Subconscious fear of infection may explain skepticism towards immigrants ...

Bonobo, Pan paniscus . Credit: iStock Bonobo anatomy reveals stasis and mosaicism in chimpanzee evolution, and supports bonobos as the most ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a mass of Yersinia pestis , apparently thriving inside Acanthamoeba castellanii . Plague Bacteria Take Re...

Panoramic view of an ice cliff inside the Scărișoara Ice Cave, where the research was done. Credit: Gigi Fratila & Claudiu Szabo Ice...

Homo naledi Intermediate between Australopithecus and Homo Credit: Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum, UK. ...

An artist's impression of Homo floresiensis based on recent research. Dubbed a human "hobbit", the species of humanoid was ab...

Cover photo: Some of the children of Fawler about to be given a ride by Fred Able, "The Donkey Man." About 1955-56. Part of th...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in the human endocervical tissue is visualized by immunofluorescence microscopy. Bacterial (red) coloniza...

Stratification in Tibet sediment. Climate variations are reflected in color variations with the red sediment typically indicating a wette...

Several specimens such as this Cimex latipennis female found in the Paisley Caves in Oregon date nearly 11,000 years ago. Photo credit: M...

Europen red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Population crash in an invasive species following the recovery of a native predator: the case of t...

Plants pollinated by bumblebees become more fragrant. Picture: UZH Real-time divergent evolution in plants driven by pollinators | Nature Co...

Image: © iStock Photo kowalska-art Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptation | PLOS Genetics Scientists believ...

Creationists, especially those who try to disguise their religious cult as 'Intelligent (sic) Design' and pretend it's science, ...

Monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus )  Tiger butterfly ( Danaus genutia ) Monarch miscalculation: Has a scientific error about t...

Differential Responses of Human Fetal Brain Neural Stem Cells to Zika Virus Infection: Stem Cell Reports Let's play that game creation...

Cichlids Telegramma brichardi Photo credit: Oliver Lucanus. Source: American Museum of Natural History. Congo River Fish Evolution Sha...

Parasitic worm may trigger mystery nodding syndrome | Science Like all parasites, which have a ready explanation in terms of evolutionary ...

Monodelphis domestica A new developmental mechanism for the separation of the mammalian middle ear ossicles from the jaw | Proceedings of...

Church of England General Synod votes to reject controversial same sex marriage report | The Independent In a move which illustrates how t...