From PCR to mRNA vaccines, The Scientist has chronicled the evolution of life science research over the last four decades.

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

A groundbreaking study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could be useful to tackle real-world issues such as ...

A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that organisms could get better at evolving over time. Researchers used a computer program to simulate organisms switching between beneficial and ...

NOVA has been following the evolution of artificial intelligence since it was a zygote. In our 1978 film The Mind Machines, Arthur C. Clarke predicted, “I think that what we’re doing now is in a sense ...

The familiar claim about humans evolving from apes leaves out an important part of the story. Fossils and DNA reveal a much ...

Third grade teacher Tracey Broughton teaches students at Perry Creek Elementary School in Sioux City. Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to ...

The theory of how life develops on Earth has inspired a lot of controversial and inaccurate statements—including some from Charles Darwin himself. No species better exemplifies this than human beings.